Holocene persistence of wooded steppe in the Great Hungarian Plain

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 915-935

  Magyari, E K ^a   Chapman, J C ^a   Passmore, D G ^b   Allen, J R M ^a   Huntley, J P ^a   Huntley, B ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carpathian Basin; Holocene vegetation history; Hungary; Lower Danube Corridor; Microcharcoal; Pollen analysis; Temperate wooded steppe

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FLORISTICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE; STEPPE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ALFOLD; CARPATHIAN BASIN; DANUBE RIVER; EASTERN EUROPE; HUNGARY;

EID: 77953108778     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02261.x     Document Type: Article

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