Spatial heterogeneity of land cover response to climatic change in the Nilgiri highlands (Southern India) since the last glacial maximum

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-205

  Caner, L ^a   Lo Seen, D ^b   Gunnell, Y ^c   Ramesh, B R ^d   Bourgeon, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^e Dept Performance of Tropical Production and Processing Systems   (France)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Carbon isotope ratios; Climatic change impacts; Holocene; India; Land cover; Late glacial maximum; Soil organic matter; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; HETEROGENEITY; HILLSLOPE; LAND COVER; LATE GLACIAL; MONSOON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; NILGIRI HILLS; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 34548047921     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607075833     Document Type: Article

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