Macrofossil evidence for pre-settlement vegetation of Central Otago's basin floors and gorges

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-255

  Wood, Jamie R ^a   Walker, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Central Otago; Drylands; Holocene; Macrofossils; Pleistocene; Pre settlement; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; GORGE; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLEISTOCENE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AUSTRALASIA; CLUTHA RIVER; KAWARAU RIVER; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 49149100383     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288250809509764     Document Type: Article

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