Vegetation response to Holocene climate change in monsoon-influenced region of China

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 97, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 242-256

  Zhao, Yan ^a   Yu, Zicheng ^b   Chen, Fahu ^a   Zhang, Jiawu ^a   Yang, Bao ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fossil pollen; Holocene; Human activity; Monsoonal China; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954219663     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.10.007     Document Type: Review

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