Holocene environmental history of Lake Vuolep Njakajaure (Abisko National Park, northern Sweden) reconstructed using biological proxy indicators

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 309-320

  Bigler, Christian ^a,b   Barnekow, Lena ^c   Heinrichs, Markus L ^a,d   Hall, Roland I ^a,e  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Diatoms; Holocene; Pollen; Quantitative temperature reconstruction; Subarctic Sweden

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; BETULACEAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CORYNOCERA AMBIGUA; CYCLOTELLA; FRAGILARIA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PSECTROCLADIUS; TANYTARSINI;

EID: 33747648628     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-006-0054-x     Document Type: Article

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