Late holocene vegetation history of the forest tension zone in central lower Michigan, USA

Physical Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-235

  Hupy, Christina ^a   Yansa, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Ecotone; Forest tension zone; Little ice age; Medieval warm period; Michigan; Pollen

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOTONE; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; MIXED FOREST; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENT CORE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION HISTORY;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; FAGUS; QUERCUS; THUJA; TSUGA;

EID: 70450245215     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.30.3.205     Document Type: Article

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