Asymmetric vegetation responses to mid-Holocene aridity at the prairie-forest ecotone in south-central Minnesota

Quaternary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-66

  Umbanhowar Jr , Charles E ^a   Camill, Philip ^b   Geiss, Christoph E ^c   Teed, Rebecca ^d  

^a ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Woods; Climate; Ecotone; Fire; Mid Holocene aridity; Prairie forest border

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; ECOTONE; FIRE HISTORY; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745145838     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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