Woodland-to-forest transition during prolonged drought in Minnesota after ca. AD 1300

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2792-2807

  Shuman, Bryan ^a,b   Henderson, Anna K ^a   Plank, Colin ^a   Stefanova, Ivanka ^a   Ziegler, Susy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Big woods; Drought; Ecological surprises; Fire; Forest expansion; Fossil pollen analysis; Lake levels; Minnesota; Prairie forest ecotone; Radiocarbon dating; USA; Woodlands

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; FOSSIL RECORD; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; RADIOCARBON DATING; WOODLAND;

ARTICLE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POLLEN; SEDIMENT; TIME; TREE; UNITED STATES;

DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MINNESOTA; PLANTS; POLLEN; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BUCEPHALA ALBEOLA; POACEAE;

EID: 68149111718     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0985.1     Document Type: Article

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