Vegetation and environment history for the past 14 000 yr BP from Dingnan, Jiangxi Province, South China

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1018-1027

  Dodson, John Richard ^a,c   Hickson, Shirene ^b   Khoo, Rachel ^b   Li, Xiao Qiang ^c   Toia, Jemina ^b   Zhou, Wei Jian ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Development of rice agriculture; Nutrient and fire history; South China; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGXI;

ALNUS; BETULACEAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 33748142543     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2006.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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