Multiproxy study of anthropogenic and climatic changes in the last two millennia from a small mire in central Poland

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 631, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 213-230

  Lamentowicz, Mariusz ^a,b,c   Balwierz, Zofia ^d   Forysiak, Jacek ^d   Płóciennik, Mateusz ^d   Kittel, Piotr ^d   Kloss, Marek ^e   Twardy, Juliusz ^d   Żurek, Sławomir ^f   Pawlyta, Jacek ^g  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^f Humanistic and Nature University in Kielce   (Poland)

^g SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Central Poland; Climate; Environmental archaeology; Human impact; Kettle hole; Macrofossils; Pollen; Testate amoebae

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; EUTROPHICATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTOZOA;

CENTRAL POLAND; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGIES; HUMAN IMPACT; KETTLE HOLE; MACROFOSSILS; POLLEN; TESTATE AMOEBAE;

WETLANDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLY; LAND USE CHANGE; MEDIEVAL; MIRE; POLLEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

CHIRONOMIDAE; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 67349123384     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9812-y     Document Type: Article

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