Holocene vegetation and climate change on the Colorado Great Plains, USA, and the invasion of Colorado piñon (Pinus edulis)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2279-2289

  Anderson, R Scott ^a   Feiler, Eric ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Climate change; Colorado; Great Plains; Holocene vegetation change; Packrat middens; Pinus edulis; Plant macrofossils; Pollen; Range expansion

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOSSIL; HOLOCENE; MIDDEN; POLLEN; RADIOCARBON DATING; RANGE EXPANSION; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODLAND;

COLORADO; GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARRIZO; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS SCOPULORUM; NEOTOMA; PINUS EDULIS; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 70449713363     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02161.x     Document Type: Article

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