Midges as quantitative temperature indicator species: Lessons for palaeoecology

Holocene

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 989-1002

  Velle, G ^a   Brodersen, K P ^b   Birks, H J B ^a,c   Willassen, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

calibration data sets; chironomids; curse of dimensionality; ecological scaling; inference validation; palaeotemperatures

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; HOLOCENE; INSECT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 77956076986     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610365933     Document Type: Article

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