The Late Holocene extinction of Pinus sylvestris in the western Cantabrian Range (Spain)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1840-1850

  Rubiales, Juan M ^a   García Amorena, Ignacio ^a   Álvarez, Salvia García ^a   Manzaneque, Fernando Gómez ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cantabrian mountains; Extinction; Historical biogeography; Holocene; Iberian Peninsula; Macrofossils; Megafossils; Palaeoecology; Pinus sylvestris; Tetrao urogallus

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONIFEROUS TREE; EXTINCTION; HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; BETULA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS PYRENAICA; SALIX; TETRAO UROGALLUS;

EID: 51849095372     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01925.x     Document Type: Article

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