Sclerotia as indicators of mid-holocene tree-limit altitude, colorado front range, USA

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1021-1023

  Benedict, James B ^a  

^a Center for Mountain Archeology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenococcum geophilum; climate change; Colorado Front Range; Rocky Mountain National Park; tree limit; wildfire charcoal

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOINDICATOR; CHARCOAL; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FOREST FIRE; FUNGUS; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; HERB; HOLOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; REGENERATION; TUNDRA; VEGETATION HISTORY; WOOD;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; CENOCOCCUM GEOPHILUM; FUNGI; PICEA; POACEAE;

EID: 80051899992     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610395078     Document Type: Article

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