The late Holocene palaeoecological sequence of Serranía de las Villuercas (southern Meseta, western Spain)

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 653-666

  Gil Romera, Graciela ^a   García Antón, Mercedes ^a   Calleja, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Human landscapes; Late Holocene; Palynology; Western Iberian Peninsula; Woodland

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; BETULA; CORYLUS; ERICACEAE; ILEX; QUERCUS;

EID: 55949110209     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-008-0146-x     Document Type: Article

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