Annual pollen traps reveal complexity of climatic control on pollen productivity in Europe and the Caucasus

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 285-307

  van der Knaap, W O ^a   van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F N ^a   Svitavská Svobodová, Helena ^b   Pidek, Irena A ^c   Kvavadze, Eliso ^d   Chichinadze, Maia ^d   Giesecke, Thomas ^e   Kaszewski, Bogusław Michał ^c   Oberli, Florencia ^a   Kalniņa, Laimdota ^f   Pardoe, Heather S ^g   Tinner, Willy ^a   Ammann, Brigitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d University of Georgia   (Georgia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^g DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annual pollen accumulation; Caucasus; Climate; Europe; Influx; Pollen monitoring

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; ALNUS VIRIDIS; CYPERACEAE; FAGUS; LARIX; PICEA; POACEAE; QUERCUS; SALIX;

EID: 77955580734     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-010-0250-6     Document Type: Article

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