Scattered late-glacial and early Holocene tree populations as dispersal nuclei for forest development in north-eastern European Russia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 922-932

  Väliranta, Minna ^a   Kaakinen, Anu ^a   Kuhry, Peter ^b   Kultti, Seija ^a   Salonen, J Sakari ^a   Seppä, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Early Holocene; Forest development; Glacial refugia; Late glacial; North eastern European Russia; Palaeobotany; Tree colonization

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; LATITUDE; PALEOBOTANY; RANGE EXPANSION; SCANDINAVIAN ICE SHEET;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; URALS;

ABIES; ABIES SIBIRICA; BETULA; LARIX; LARIX SIBIRICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 79955045330     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02448.x     Document Type: Article

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