Ecological stability during the LGM and the mid-Holocene in the Alpine Steppes of Tibet?

Quaternary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-252

  Miehe, Georg ^a   Miehe, Sabine ^a   Bach, Kerstin ^a   Kluge, Jürgen ^a   Wesche, Karsten ^b   Yongping, Yang ^c   Jianquan, Liu ^d  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ   (Germany)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endemics; Grazing; LGM; Mid Holocene optimum; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Steppe

Indexed keywords

ENDEMICS; GRAZING; LGM; MID-HOLOCENE OPTIMUM; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; STEPPE;

CATCHMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOME; CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STEPPE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 80051818822     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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