Post-glacial changes in spatial patterns of vegetation across southern New England

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 900-913

  Oswald, W Wyatt ^a   Faison, Edward K ^a   Foster, David R ^a   Doughty, Elaine D ^a   Hall, Brian R ^a   Hansen, Barbara C S ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; Landscape; New England; Palaeoecology; Physiography; Pollen; Regional scale; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST CLEARANCE; HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; POSTGLACIAL; SEDIMENT CORE; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION TYPE;

CONNECTICUT; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; CASTANEA; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; PICEA; PINUS BANKSIANA; PINUS STROBUS; QUERCUS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 34247178610     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01650.x     Document Type: Article

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