Vegetation changes in the Neotropical Gran Sabana (Venezuela) around the Younger Dryas chron

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-218

  Montoya, Encarni ^a,b   Rull, Valenti ^a   Stansell, Nathan D ^c   Bird, Broxton W ^c   Nogué, Sandra ^a,d   Vegas Vilarrúbia, Teresa ^e   Abbott, Mark B ^f   Díaz, Wilmer A ^g  

^a INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DE GUAYANA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Fire; Late Glacial; Neotropics; Vegetation change; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; VEGETATION COVER; YOUNGER DRYAS;

BOLIVAR [VENEZUELA]; GRAN SABANA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 79951997943     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1445     Document Type: Article

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