Seasonality in the early Holocene: Extending fossil-based estimates with a forest ecosystem process model

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 517-526

  McGlone, Matt S ^a   Hall, Graeme M J ^b   Wilmshurst, Janet M ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Christchurch ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

climate change; early Holocene; forest ecosystem process model; mean annual temperature; modern analogue technique; precipitation; seasonality

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL RECORD; GROWING SEASON; HOLOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREELINE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WIND VELOCITY;

ALPS; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 79957657110     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610385717     Document Type: Article

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