Elevation-induced variations of pollen assemblages in the North-western Alps: An analysis of their value as temperature indicators

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 333, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 825-835

  Ortu, Elena ^a,b,c   Klotz, Stefan ^d   Brugiapaglia, Elisabetta ^e   Caramiello, Rosanna ^a   Siniscalco, Consolata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Altitude; Pollen; Temperature; Transfer functions

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CORRELATION; FLORISTICS; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; HOLOCENE; ITALY; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; POLLEN ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ABIES; ALTITUDE; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FOSSILS; FRANCE; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; PALEONTOLOGY; PINUS; POLLEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPORES; TEMPERATURE;

ALPS; FRANCE; ITALY; VALLE D'AOSTA; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 78650182469     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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