Interpretation of the last-glacial vegetation of eastern-central Europe using modern analogues from southern Siberia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2223-2236

  Kuneš, Petr ^a   Pelánková, Barbora ^b,c   Chytrý, Milan ^b   Jankovská, Vlasta ^c   Pokorný, Petr ^d   Petr, Libor ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Forest; Fossil pollen spectra; Full glacial; Late glacial; Steppe; Surface pollen; Tundra; Weichselian

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; FOSSIL; LANDSCAPE; LAST GLACIAL; LATE GLACIAL; POLLEN; VEGETATION;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

BETULA NANA; LARIX; PICEA; PINUS CEMBRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 56549085193     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01974.x     Document Type: Article

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