Mid-Holocene vegetation history of the central Mediterranean

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-129

  Sadori, Laura ^a   Jahns, S ^b   Peyron, O ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Brandenburgisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologisches Landesmuseum ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

central Mediterranean; climate change; Holocene; human impact; mid Holocene changes; pollen

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARIDIFICATION; BRONZE AGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; FOREST COVER; LAKE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PHYTOMASS; SEASONALITY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 79251506682     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610377530     Document Type: Article

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