Estimating the Relevant Source Area of Pollen in the past cultural landscapes of southern Sweden - A forward modelling approach

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 259-271

  Hellman, Sofie ^a   Gaillard, Marie José ^a   Bunting, Jane Mairi ^b   Mazier, Florence ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HUMPOL computer model; Landscape Reconstruction Algorithm (LRA); past cultural landscapes; Relevant Source Area of Pollen (RSAP); southern Sweden

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; HOLOCENE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATCH SIZE; POLLEN; RECONSTRUCTION; SOFTWARE; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 59649119150     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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