Reconstructing holocene climate from tree rings: The potential for a long chronology from the scottish highlands

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-11

  Wilson, R ^a   Loader, N J ^b   Rydval, M ^a   Patton, H ^a   Frith, A ^a   Mills, C M ^a   Crone, A ^c   Edwards, C ^d   Larsson, L ^e   Gunnarson, B E ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AOC ARCHAEOLOGY GROUP   (United Kingdom)

^d Forest Research   (United Kingdom)

^e Cybis Elektronik and Data AB ^*  (Sweden)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

blue intensity; Holocene; palaeoclimate; Scotland; Scots pine; subfossil; tree rings

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SUBFOSSIL; TREE RING; WOODLAND;

HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84055178925     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611405237     Document Type: Article

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