The Holocene treeline in the northern Andes (Ecuador): First evidence from soil charcoal

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-34

  Di Pasquale, Gaetano ^a   Marziano, Mario ^a   Impagliazzo, Stefania ^a   Lubritto, Carmine ^b   De Natale, Antonino ^a   Bader, Maaike Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cloud forest; Human impact; P ramo; Pedoanthracology; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHARCOAL; CLOUD FOREST; HOLOCENE; NEW RECORD; POLLEN; TREELINE; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND; WOOD;

ANDES; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 39649104635     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.12.016     Document Type: Article

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