Conifer pollen abundance provides a proxy for summer temperature: Evidence from the latitudinal forest limit in Finland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 522-528

  Huusko, Antti ^a   Hicks, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Annual resolution; Boreal forest; July temperature; Peat profile; Pollen accumulation rates

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BOREAL FOREST; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALYNOLOGY; PEATLAND; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; LAPLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA;

EID: 69949188484     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1250     Document Type: Article

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