Elevational gradients during the Late-Glacial/Holocene vegetational transition in southern Bulgaria

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 333-343

  Stefanova, Vania ^a   Lazarova, Maria ^b   Wright, Herbert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Holocene; Late Glacial; Pirin Mountains; Rhodope Mountains; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

BETULA; CONIFEROPHYTA; QUERCUS;

EID: 33748323382     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-006-0049-7     Document Type: Article

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