Modelling the spread of Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies in southern Scandinavia during the late Holocene

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 665-675

  Bialozyt, Ronald ^a   Bradley, Lee R ^b   Bradshaw, Richard H W ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonization speed; Data model comparison; Forest history; Long distance dispersal; Northern Europe; Palaeoecology; Simulation study; Tree migration patterns

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISPERSAL; HOLOCENE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIMITING FACTOR; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

SCANDINAVIA;

ABIES; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84858699666     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02665.x     Document Type: Article

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