Evidence for the close climatic control of new England vegetation history

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1297-1310

  Shuman, Bryan ^a,b   Newby, Paige ^a   Huang, Yongsong ^a   Webb III, Thompson ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Forest composition; Forest development; Hemlock decline; Holocene; Moisture balance; New England; Temperature; Tree species migration; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; CASTANEA; CASTANEA DENTATA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; PICEA; PINUS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 4444230124     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0286     Document Type: Article

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