A record of Holocene environmental and ecological changes from Wildwood Lake, Long Island, New York

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 967-974

  Oswald, W Wyatt ^a,b   Foster, David R ^b   Doughty, Elaine D ^b   Macdonald, Dana ^c  

^a EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Fire; Palaeoecology; Pitch pine; Pollen

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FIRE HISTORY; FOSSIL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENT CORE; WATER LEVEL;

LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; WILDWOOD LAKE;

CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; FAGUS; PINUS CARIBAEA; PINUS RIGIDA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILICIFOLIA;

EID: 78149394053     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1381     Document Type: Article

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