Human impact on an island ecosystem: Pollen data from Sandoy, Faroe Islands

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1130-1152

  Lawson, Ian T ^a   Edwards, Kevin J ^b   Church, Mike J ^c   Newton, Anthony J ^d   Cook, Gordon T ^e   Gathorne Hardy, Freddy J ^f   Dugmore, Andrew J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faroe Islands; Human impact; Landn m; Norse; Palaeoecology; Pollen; Soil erosion; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; ISLAND; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MODELING; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PEAT; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOIL EROSION; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS; SANDOY;

FILIPENDULA; FILIPENDULA ULMARIA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 43749123053     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01838.x     Document Type: Article

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