Historical development of the cypress/tupelo swamp at Horseshoe Lake, Alexander County, Illinois, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 305-318

  Brugam, Richard B ^a   Crenshaw, Michelle C ^b   Giese, Laura A B ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Wetland Studies and Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Nyssa; Paleoecology; Pollen analysis; Taxodium; Tree ring analysis

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; FLOODPLAIN; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; SWAMP; TREE RING;

ALEXANDER COUNTY [ILLINOIS]; HORSESHOE LAKE; ILLINOIS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; NYSSA; NYSSA AQUATICA; NYSSACEAE; QUERCUS; TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM VAR. DISTICHUM;

EID: 55849119252     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[305:HDOTTS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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