Modern pollen assemblages as climate indicators in southern Europe

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 567-582

  Finsinger, Walter ^a,b   Heiri, Oliver ^a   Valsecchi, Verushka ^b   Tinner, Willy ^b   Lotter, André F ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate; Italy; Pollen; Transfer function; Validation; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERROR CORRECTION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PALYNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RECONSTRUCTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547978478     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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