The use of modelling and simulation approach in reconstructing past landscapes from fossil pollen data: A review and results from the POLLANDCAL network

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 419-443

  Lotter, Andy ^a   Poska, Anneli ^b,s   Huusko, Antti ^c   Lučeničová, Barbora ^d   Odgaard, Bent ^e   Caseldine, Chris ^f   Suutari, Henna ^c   De Beaulieu, Jacques Louis ^g   Bunting, M Jane ^h   Hjelle, Kari ⁱ   Wick, Lucia ^j   Latałowa, Małgorzata ^k   Hallsdóttir, Margrét ^l   Gaillard, Marie José ^m   Edwards, Mary ⁿ   Kangur, Mihkel ^o   Pellikka, Petri ^p   Pilesjö, Petter ^q   Fyfe, Ralph ^r   Middleton, Richard ^h   Hicks, Sheila ^c   Sugita, Shinya ^o,aq   Veski, Siim ^s   Koff, Tiiu ^o   Broström, Anna ^q   Nielsen, Anne Birgitte ^t,ar   Bjune, Anne ^u   Mazier, Florence ^v   Binney, Heather ⁿ   Shaw, Helen ^w   Von Stedingk, Henrik ^x   Duffin, Kristina ^y   Grant, Michael ^z   Court Picon, Mona ^aa   Sasaki, Naoko ^ab   Holmes, Naomi ^f   Sjögren, Per ^ac   Pratt, Sandra ^ad   Räsänen, Satu ^c   Fontana, Sonia ^ae   Giesecke, Thomas ^ae   Valsecchi, Verushka ^a   Hellman, Sophie ^m   Karlsson, Hanna ^x   Soepboer, Welmoed ^a   Greisman, Annica ^m   Twiddle, Claire ^f   Sepp, Edgar ^b   Gustavsson, Gunnar ^m   Koppel, Kalev ^af   Valta Hulkkonen, Kirsi ^c   Hagberg, Mari ^c   Kuoppamaa, Mari ^c   Hättestrand, Martina ^ag   Farrell, Michelle ^h   Nacionales, Pericles ^ah   Meltsov, Vivika ^af   Buttler, Alexandre ^v   Robertsson, Ann Marie ^ag   Ammann, Brigitta ^ac   Brun, Cécile ^v   Marguerie, Dominique ^ai   Hörnberg, Greger ^aj   Takahara, Hikaru ^ak   Birks, Hilary ⁱ   Mikkola, Jarno ^c   Birks, John ⁱ   Vorren, Karl Dag ^al   Bennett, Keith ^am   Heinrichs, Markus ^an   Waller, Martyn ^ao   Heikkinen, Olavi ^c   Lagerås, Per ^ap   Bradshaw, Richard ^ae   Jacomet, Stefanie ^j   Segerström, Ulf ^x   Caseldine, Christopher ^f   Hellman, Sophie E V ^m   Langdon, Catherine ^f   Veski, Sim ^s   more..

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^g AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^l ICELANDIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Iceland)

^m LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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^y UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^z WESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^aa Europole Méditerranéen de l'Arbois   (France)

^ab RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^af UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

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^ah UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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^al UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

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^ao KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

POLLANDCAL network; Pollen dispersal and deposition; POLLSCAPE simulation model; Quantitative reconstructions of past vegetation and landscapes; Relevant source area of pollen

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549106422     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-008-0169-3     Document Type: Article

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