Interaction of fire, climate and vegetation change at a large landscape scale in the Big Woods of Minnesota, USA

Holocene

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 661-676

  Umbanhowar Jr , Charles E ^a  

^a ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

'Little Ice Age'; 'Mediaeval Climate Anomaly'; Big Woods; Charcoal analysis; Climate; Fire; Minnesota; Pollen record; Prairie forest border; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PALEOCLIMATE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LIA;

EID: 4544338918     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683604hl745rp     Document Type: Article

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