Evidence of hybridisation between Betula pubescens and B. nana in Iceland during the early Holocene

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 350-357

  Karlsdóttir, Lilja ^a   Hallsdóttir, Margrét ^b   Thórsson, Ægir Th ^a   Anamthawat Jónsson, Kesara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b ICELANDIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Betula; birch; Holocene; hybridisation; Iceland; pollen

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HOLOCENE; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; PEATLAND; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEPHRA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; EYJAFJORDUR; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BETULA; BETULA NANA; BETULA PUBESCENS;

EID: 70249122343     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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