An inference model for mean summer air temperatures in the Southern Alps, New Zealand, using subfossil chironomids

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 19-21, 2007, Pages 2487-2504

  Dieffenbacher Krall, A C ^a   Vandergoes, Marcus J ^a,b   Denton, George H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; CHLOROPHYLL; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); ROBUST CONTROL; SEDIMENTS;

PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; SUBFOSSIL CHIRONOMIDS; SUMMER AIR TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PALEOCLIMATE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECONSTRUCTION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 36248978656     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.06.016     Document Type: Article

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