Modern pollen accumulation rates at the north-western fringe of the European boreal forest

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 90-109

  Hättestrand, Martina ^a   Jensen, Christin ^b   Hallsdóttir, Margrét ^c   Vorren, Karl Dag ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c ICELANDIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Fennoscandia; forest line ecotone; Iceland; pollen accumulation rate; pollen monitoring; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; DATA SET; ECOTONE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALYNOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; POLLEN; QUATERNARY;

ARCTIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; FENNOSCANDIA; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BETULA; ERICALES; PICEA; POACEAE; SALIX;

EID: 50549085215     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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