The first rise and fall of Fagus sylvatica and interactions with Abies alba at Faulenseemoos (Swiss Plateau) 6900-6000 cal yr BP

Acta Palaeobotanica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-266

  van der Knaap, W O ^a   van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F N ^a   Ammann, Brigitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abies; Early human impact; Fagus; Forest dynamics; Holocene climate; Montane forests; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE EFFECT; FOREST DYNAMICS; GLACIAL LAKE; HOLOCENE; MONTANE FOREST; PALYNOLOGY;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWISS PLATEAU; SWITZERLAND;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 33748056100     PISSN: 00016594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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