The influence of aridity and fire on Holocene prairie communities in the eastern Prairie Peninsula

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2523-2536

  Nelson, David M ^a   Feng, Sheng Hu ^a   Grimm, Eric C ^b   Curry, B Brandon ^c   Slate, Jennifer E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Climate change; Fire; Grasslands; Holocene; Paleoecology; Pollen; Tallgrass Prairie Peninsula

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHARCOAL; MINERAL; OXYGEN; WATER;

ARIDITY; FIRE; GRASS; HOLOCENE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLEN; PRAIRIE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; CRUSTACEA; DIATOM; FIRE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POLLEN; SEDIMENT; TIME; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CARBONATES; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE; CRUSTACEA; DIATOMS; FIRES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MINERALS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALEONTOLOGY; POACEAE; POLLEN; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; FRAXINUS; OSTRYA; QUERCUS; ULMUS;

EID: 33845351576     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2523:TIOAAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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