Late Holocene vegetation dynamics on an Atlantic-Mediterranean mountain in NW Iberia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 302, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 323-337

  Morales Molino, César ^a,b   García Antón, Mercedes ^b   Morla, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Betula; Charcoal; Fire ecology; Heathlands; Macrofossils; Pinus pinaster; Pinus sylvestris; Pollen; Spain

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FIRE HISTORY; GRASSLAND; HEATHLAND; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IRON AGE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; ROMAN ERA; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CASTILLA Y LEON; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LEON [CASTILLA Y LEON]; SPAIN; TELENO MOUNTAINS;

BETULA; PINUS PINASTER; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 79952735189     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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