Holocene vegetation and climate change from near Lake Pedder, south-west Tasmania, Australia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 665-677

  Fletcher, Michael Shawn ^a   Thomas, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal burning; Australia; Buttongrass moorland; Fire; Holocene; South west Tasmania; Surface pollen vegetation; Temperate rain forest

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST FIRE; GRASS; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; MOORLAND; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN RAIN; RAINFOREST; TEMPERATE FOREST; TWINSPAN; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE PEDDER; TASMANIA;

ASTELIA ALPINA; DACTYLOCTENIUM RADULANS; LAGAROSTROBOS FRANKLINII; LEPTOSPERMUM; MELALEUCA;

EID: 33947705189     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01659.x     Document Type: Article

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