Can we detect a west Norwegian tree line from modern samples of plant remains and pollen? Results from the DOORMAT project

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 325-340

  Birks, Hilary H ^a   Bjune, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Monitoring; PAR; Plant macrofossils; Pollen; Seasonal deposition; Tree line ecotone

Indexed keywords

BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; PICEA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77955568364     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-010-0256-0     Document Type: Article

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