Ecology of testate amoebae (protista) in south-central Alaska peatlands: Building transfer-function models for palaeoenvironmental studies

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 403-414

  Payne, Richard J ^a,b,g   Kishaba, Keiko ^c   Blackford, Jeff J ^a,d   Mitchell, Edward A D ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

^f SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^g British School at Athens   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alaska; Community ecology; DCA; Mantel tests; Palaeoclimate; Peatland hydrology; Protozoa; RDA; Sphagnum; Testate amoeba; Transfer functions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; PROTIST; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 33646361807     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683606hl936rp     Document Type: Article

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