A new methodology for reconstructing climate and vegetation from modern pollen assemblages: An example from British Columbia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 626-638

  Goring, Simon ^a   Pellatt, Marlow G ^a,b   Lacourse, Terri ^c   Walker, Ian R ^d   Mathewes, Rolf W ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Climate reconstruction; Modern pollen analogues; Modern pollen assemblages; Multidimensional scaling; Palynology

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; MODELING; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; RECONSTRUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 62249086290     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02021.x     Document Type: Article

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