Trees in the subalpine belt since 11 700 cal. BP: Origin, expansion and alteration of the modern forest

Holocene

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-146

  Blarquez, Olivier ^a,b   Carcaillet, Christopher ^a,b   Bremond, Laurent ^a,b   Mourier, Brice ^a,c   Radakovitch, Olivier ^d  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^d CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

8.2 ky; Climate; European Alps; Fire; Land uses; Larix decidua; Macroremains; Pinus cembra

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLACIATION; HOLOCENE; LAKE; LAND USE; PALEOECOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

FRANCE;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; BETULA; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PINUS CEMBRA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 75849129275     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683609348857     Document Type: Article

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