The Global Pollen Database in biogeographical and palaeoclimatic studies

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-402

  Gajewski, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Data mining; Global pollen Database; Holocene; Palaeoclimatology; Palynology; Plant migration; Pollen diagram; Pollen mapping

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA MINING; DATABASE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; VEGETATION HISTORY;

EID: 67649386210     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133308096029     Document Type: Article

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