Paleoecological record of hurricane disturbance and forest regeneration in Nicaragua

Quaternary International

Volumn 195, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 88-97

  Urquhart, Gerald R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST DYNAMICS; HURRICANE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALYNOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 58549110820     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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