Pinus and Betula pollen accumulation rates from the northern boreal forest as a record of interannual variation in July temperature

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 513-521

  Kuoppamaa, Mari ^a   Huusko, Antti ^a   Hicks, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomass; July temperature; Peat profile; Pollen accumulation rates; Pollen monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALYNOLOGY; PEATLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS;

EID: 69949173702     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1276     Document Type: Article

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