Vegetation and environment of the Rødalen alpine area, Central Norway, with emphasis on the early Holocene

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-51

  Paus, Aage ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alpine Scandinavia; Detailed pollen analysis; Early Holocene coolings; Pine megafossils; Successional lags; Winter stress

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; BETULA NANA; EMPETRUM; JUNIPERUS;

EID: 74149088592     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-009-0228-4     Document Type: Article

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