Forest contraction in north equatorial Southeast Asia during the Last Glacial Period

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 15508-15511

  Wurster, Christopher M ^a,b   Bird, Michael I ^b   Bull, Ian D ^c   Creed, Frances ^c   Bryant, Charlotte ^d   Dungait, Jennifer A J ^c,f   Paz, Victor ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^f North Wyke Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Paleoecology; Refugia; Stable isotope; Sundaland

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; BORNEO; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST; GLACIAL PERIOD; MALAYSIA; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAIN FOREST; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ALKANES; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BORNEO; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; ICE COVER; INDONESIA; INSECTS; MALAYSIA; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 77957282863     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1005507107     Document Type: Article

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