Historic fuel wood use in the Galápagos Islands: Identification of charred remains

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 207-217

  Froyd, Cynthia A ^a   Lee, Jessica A ^a,b   Anderson, Atholl J ^c   Haberle, Simon G ^c   Gasson, Peter E ^d   Willis, Katherine J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Gal pagos Islands; Human impact; Wood identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951974037     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-010-0239-1     Document Type: Article

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