Past pollen production reconstructed from needle production in Pinus sylvestris at the northern timberline: A tool for evaluating palaeoclimate reconstructions

Silva Fennica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 499-513

  Jalkanen, Risto ^a   Hicks, Sheila ^b   Aalto, Tarmo ^a   Salminen, Hannu ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age depth chronology; Annual resolution; Needle trace method; NTM; Pollen accumulation rate; Scots pine; Temperature reconstruction; Tree line

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; NEEDLES; PEAT;

AGE-DEPTH CHRONOLOGY; ANNUAL RESOLUTION; NEEDLE TRACE METHOD; POLLEN ACCUMULATION RATE; SCOTS PINE; TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION; TREE LINE;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FOSSIL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RECONSTRUCTION; TREELINE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CLIMATES; FORESTRY; MAINTENANCE; NEEDLES; PEAT; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANTS; RESTORATION; TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 56649109755     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.230     Document Type: Article

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