Kretzschmaria deusta and the northwest European mid-Holocene Ulmus decline at Moel y Gerddi, north Wales, United Kingdom

Palynology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-132

  Innes, Jim ^a   Blackford, Jeff ^b   Chambers, Frank ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fungal spores; Kretzschmaria deusta; Neolithic; Pollen; Ulmus decline; Wales

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COLONIZATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FARMING SYSTEM; FOREST HEALTH; FUNGUS; NEOLITHIC; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; SPORE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GWYNEDD; MOEL Y GERDDI; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; KRETZSCHMARIA DEUSTA; MALVACEAE; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; PREUSSIA (ASCOMYCETE); RUMEX; TILIA; ULMUS;

EID: 33846887448     PISSN: 01916122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2006.9989622     Document Type: Article

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