Development of the mixed conifer forest in northern New Mexico and its relationship to Holocene environmental change

Quaternary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 263-275

  Anderson, R Scott ^a   Jass, Renata B ^a   Toney, Jaime L ^a   Allen, Craig D ^b   Cisneros Dozal, Luz M ^c   Hess, Marcey ^c   Heikoop, Jeff ^c   Fessenden, Julianna ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Earth and Environmental Sciences Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcoal analysis; Isotope analysis; New Mexico; Paleoecology; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

BOG; CHARCOAL; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY;

JEMEZ MOUNTAINS; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ARTEMISIA; CAREX ADELOSTOMA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 39449088361     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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