A methodological framework for assessing and reducing temporal uncertainty in paleovegetation mapping from late-Quaternary pollen records

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 15-16, 2011, Pages 1926-1939

  Blois, Jessica L ^a   Williams, John W Jack ^a   Grimm, Eric C ^b   Jackson, Stephen T ^c   Graham, Russell W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age model; Neotoma; Paleoecology; Pollen core; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

AGE MODEL; NEOTOMA; PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN CORE; QUATERNARY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; INTERPOLATION; VEGETATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BENCHMARKING; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

NORTH AMERICA;

ALNUS; NEOTOMA; PICEA; QUERCUS;

EID: 79960100070     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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