Holocene vegetation and climate dynamics of the boreal alpine ecotone of northwestern Fennoscandia

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 719-743

  Jensen, Christin ^a   Vorren, Karl Dag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alnus incana; Betula pubescens; Forest line; Inferred Holocene summer temperature; Lake surface samples; Pinus sylvestris; Plant macrofossils; Pollen

Indexed keywords

BOREAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGLACIATION; ECOTONE; EVERGREEN TREE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; POLLEN; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA;

ALNUS; ALNUS INCANA; BETULA PUBESCENS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 66049163581     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1155     Document Type: Article

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