Patterns in vegetation and sedimentation during the Weichselian Late-glacial in north-eastern Germany

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1308-1322

  De Klerk, Pim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Landscape development; Palynology; Poland; Sedimentation processes; Vegetation history; Vegetation patterns; Weichselian Late glacial

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HUMIDITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LATE GLACIAL; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; VEGETATION HISTORY; WEICHSELIAN; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; POLAND;

BETULA; HIPPOPHAE; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; RHAMNACEAE;

EID: 45249101556     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01866.x     Document Type: Article

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