Palaeovegetation in China during the late Quaternary: Biome reconstructions based on a global scheme of plant functional types

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 289, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 44-61

  Ni, Jian ^a,b   Yu, Ge ^c   Harrison, Sandy P ^a   Prentice, I Colin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biome; Biomization; China; Last glacial maximum; Mid Holocene; Plant functional types (PFTs); Pollen; Vegetation shift

Indexed keywords

BIOME; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; TREELINE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CHINA; XIZANG;

EID: 77949485044     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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