Late Quaternary vegetation and fire history in the northernmost Nothofagus forest region: Mallín Vaca Lauquen, Neuquén Province, Argentina

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 248-258

  Markgraf, Vera ^a,b,e   Whitlock, Cathy ^c   Anderson, R Scott ^b   García, Adriana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire and climate history; Holocene vegetation; Lateglacial; Mid latitude Argentine andes

Indexed keywords

FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; STEPPE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN; SOUTH AMERICA;

CYPERACEAE; NOTHOFAGUS; PRUMNOPITYS ANDINA;

EID: 66049090770     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1233     Document Type: Article

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