Fine-resolution pollen-based evidences of farming and forest development, south-eastern Estonia

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-296

  Niinemets, Eve ^a,b   Saarse, Leili ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Annually laminated lake sediments; Arable farming; Human impact; Pollen stratigraphy; South eastern Estonia; Woodland history

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARABLE FARMING; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAND USE; LITHOLOGY; NEOLITHIC; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; SUBSISTENCE; TILLAGE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

ALNUS; CANNABIS; HORDEUM; PICEA; SECALE; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; X TRITORDEUM;

EID: 34547559352     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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