A pollen-based pseudobiomisation approach to anthropogenic land-cover change

Holocene

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1165-1171

  Fyfe, Ralph ^a   Roberts, Neil ^a   Woodbridge, Jessie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biomisation; human impact; land cover; northwest Scotland; pollen; southwest England

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; RECONSTRUCTION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ENGLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77957992919     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610369509     Document Type: Article

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