Late-holocene human-induced changes to the extent of alpine areas in the East Sudetes, Central Europe

Holocene

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 895-905

  Novák, Jan ^a   Petr, Libor ^b   Treml, Václav ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

charcoal analysis; East Sudetes Mts; forest free area; human impact; pollen analysis; vegetation changes

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CHARCOAL; CONIFEROUS TREE; FIRE HISTORY; GRASSLAND; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IRON AGE; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

SUDETES;

BETULA SP.; JUNIPERUS; PICEA ABIES; SALIX; SALIX SP.; SORBUS; VACCINIUM;

EID: 77956078236     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610365938     Document Type: Article

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