Human-environment interactions in mountain rainforests: Archaeobotanical evidence from central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 165-179

  Kirleis, Wiebke ^a   Pillar, Valério D ^b   Behling, Hermann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Climate change; Fire history; Indonesia; Nature conservation; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955039924     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-010-0272-0     Document Type: Article

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