Human and climatic impact on mires: A case study of les Amburnex mire, Swiss Jura Mountains

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-197

  Sjögren, Per ^a   Lamentowicz, Mariusz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Human impact; Jura Mountains; Macrofossils; Pollen analysis; Testate amoebae

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CALTHA; CYPERACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; POTENTILLA; SPHAGNUM; VACCINIUM;

EID: 38849093834     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-007-0095-9     Document Type: Article

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