Equifinality and uncertainty in the interpretation of pollen data: The multiple scenario approach to reconstruction of past vegetation mosaics

Holocene

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 799-803

  Bunting, M J ^a   Middleton, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiple hypotheses; Palaeoecology; Pollen dispersal and deposition; Prentice Sugita model; Vegetation reconstruction

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MULTIPLE USE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; PROBABILITY; RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION HISTORY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 70349207789     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683609105304     Document Type: Article

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