Mangrove dynamics in the southwestern Caribbean since the 'Little Ice Age': A history of human and natural disturbances

Holocene

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 849-861

  González, Catalina ^a,b   Urrego, Ligia Estela ^a   Martínez, José Ignacio ^c   Polanía, Jaime ^a   Yokoyama, Yusuke ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

'Little Ice Age' (LIA); Colombian Caribbean; human impact; mangroves; paleoenvironmental reconstruction; palynology; sea level; tropical storms

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FORAMINIFERA; GRASS; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HURRICANE; LITTLE ICE AGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MANGROVE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT CORE; VEGETATION HISTORY; VINE;

CARIBBEAN COAST [COLOMBIA]; COLOMBIA; SAN ANDRES ISLAND; SAN ANDRES Y PROVIDENCIA;

POACEAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 77956072705     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610365941     Document Type: Article

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