A palynological investigation of Holocene vegetation change in Torres Strait, seasonal tropics of northern Australia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-103

  Rowe, Cassandra ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire history; Holocene; Human impact islands; Tropical Australia; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FIRE HISTORY; HISTORICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; HUMID TROPICS; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAPE YORK PENINSULA; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NEW GUINEA; QUEENSLAND; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TORRES STRAIT;

MYRTACEAE;

EID: 34447103881     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.02.019     Document Type: Article

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