Boreal forest dynamics in north-eastern Sweden during the last 10,000 years based on pollen analysis

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 687-700

  Barnekow, Lena ^a   Bragée, Petra ^a   Hammarlund, Dan ^a   St Amour, Natalie ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

C N ratio; Fire frequency; Human impact; PAR; Spruce immigration

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETULA; FILICOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; PICEA; QUERCUS; SPHAGNUM; TILIA; ULMUS;

EID: 55949103200     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-008-0157-7     Document Type: Article

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