The 'oriental' component of the Balkan flora: Evidence of presence on the Thracian Plain during the Weichselian late-glacial

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 865-883

  Magyari, E K ^a   Chapman, J C ^a   Gaydarska, B ^a   Marinova, E ^b   Deli, T ^c   Huntley, J P ^a   Allen, J R M ^a   Huntley, B ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c Munkácsy Mihály Museum   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Celtis tournefortii type; Irano Pontic; Juniperus excelsa; Late Weichselian; Plant macrofossils; Pollen analysis; Thracian Plain; Weichselian late glacial

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOBOTANY; WEICHSELIAN;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THRACE;

ALNUS; CELTIS TOURNEFORTII; FRAXINUS; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS EXCELSA; MALOIDEAE; MOLLUSCA; ROSACEAE; THRACIA; THRACIA SEPTENTRIONALIS;

EID: 42149126191     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01849.x     Document Type: Article

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