Regional and local controls on postglacial vegetation and fire in the Siskiyou Mountains, northern California, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 265, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 159-169

  Briles, Christy E ^a   Whitlock, Cathy ^b   Bartlein, Patrick J ^a   Higuera, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological diversity controls; Climate change; Pacific Northwest; Siskiyou Mountains; Synchrony; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FLORISTICS; HOLOCENE; POLLEN; POSTGLACIAL; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UPWELLING; VEGETATION;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PACIFIC OCEAN; SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; PICEA; PICEA BREWERIANA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; QUERCUS VACCINIFOLIA;

EID: 47249111604     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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