A pollen record of the last 450 years from a lowland peat bog on Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic, implying early anthropogenic influence

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 688-693

  Ljung, Karl ^a   Björck, Svante ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Human impact; Palaeoecology; Peat; Pollen analysis; Tristan da Cunha

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PEATLAND; POLLEN; WEED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SAINT HELENA; TRISTAN DA CUNHA;

CETACEA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA;

EID: 80053207211     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1489     Document Type: Article

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