Landscape dynamics of Abies and Fagus in the southern Pyrenees during the last 2200 years as a result of anthropogenic impacts

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 337-349

  Pèlachs, Albert ^a   Pérez Obiol, Ramon ^a   Ninyerola, Miquel ^a   Nadal, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Fagus sylvatica; GIS suitability mapping; Holocene; palynology; Pyrenees

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; GIS; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PALYNOLOGY;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LERIDA [CATALONIA]; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 70049117370     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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