Pollen representation in surface samples of the Juniperus, Picea and Juglans forest belts of Kyrgyzstan, central Asia

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 599-611

  Beer, Ruth ^a   Tinner, Willy ^a   Carraro, Gabriele ^b   Grisa, Ennio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Dionea SA   (Switzerland)

^c Intercooperation KIRFOR   (Kyrgyzstan)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Juglans; Juniper forests; Juniperus; Kyrgyzstan; Mixed forest; Palynology; Picea; Surface samples; Tree crown cover

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MIXED FOREST; MOSS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; STEPPE; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ASIA; EURASIA; KYRGYZSTAN; NORTH AMERICA; WEST ASIA;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ARTEMISIA; BRYOPHYTA; JUGLANS; JUNIPERUS; PICEA; POACEAE;

EID: 34547819322     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607078984     Document Type: Article

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