Palynological and satellite-based MODIS observations of modern vegetational gradients in China

Quaternary International

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 190-201

  Zheng, YanWei ^a,b   Zheng, Zhuo ^a   Tarasov, Pavel ^b   Qian, LeXiang ^c   Huang, KangYou ^a   Wei, JinHui ^a   Luo, ChuanXiu ^a   Xu, QingHai ^d   Lu, HouYuan ^e   Luo, YunLi ^f  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FOSSIL RECORD; LAND USE; MODIS; PALYNOLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA;

LARIX; POPULUS;

EID: 77952552426     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.11.018     Document Type: Article

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