Late Holocene vegetation and environments of the Mersey Valley, Tasmania

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-82

  Moss, Patrick T ^a   Thomas, Ian ^b   Macphail, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRE HISTORY; GRASSLAND; HISTORICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MERSEY VALLEY; TASMANIA;

EID: 33846327925     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT06010     Document Type: Article

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