Holocene drought, deforestation and evergreen vegetation development in the central Mediterranean: A 5500 year record from Lago Alimini Piccolo, Apulia, southeast Italy

Holocene

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 295-306

  Di Rita, Federico ^a   Magri, Donatella ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

4000 cal. BP event; Deforestation; Drought; Holocene; Italy; Lago Alimini; Mediterranean; Olea; Pollen analysis; Vegetation history; Wind direction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DEFORESTATION; DOMINANCE; DROUGHT; EVERGREEN TREE; HALOPHYTE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NEW RECORD; PALYNOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY; WIND DIRECTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAKE ALIMINI PICCOLO; LECCE; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67749130806     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683608100574     Document Type: Article

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