Spatial gradient of temperature and potential vegetation feedback across Europe during the late Quaternary

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 371-379

  Cheddadi, Rachid ^a   Bar Hen, Avner ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Albedo; Climate; Europe; Holocene; Last glacial maximum; Pollen; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALYNOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 58149165332     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0405-7     Document Type: Article

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