Spatio-temporal patterns of Holocene environmental change in southern Sicily

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 323-325, Issue , 2012, Pages 110-122

  Calò, Camilla ^a   Henne, Paul D ^a   Curry, Brandon ^b   Magny, Michel ^c   Vescovi, Elisa ^a   La Mantia, Tommaso ^d   Pasta, Salvatore ^e   Vannière, Boris ^c   Tinner, Willy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c université Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

^d Istituto di Entomologia Agraria   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Holocene; Mediterranean; Paleoecology; Paleohydrology; Sicily

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; GRASSLAND; HOLOCENE; OSTRACOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SHRUBLAND; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION TYPE;

ITALY; SICILY;

ILEX; OLEA EUROPAEA; OSTRACODA; PISTACIA; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84858446675     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.01.038     Document Type: Article

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