Vegetation dynamics and anthropogenically forced changes in the Estanilles peat bog (southern Pyrenees) during the last seven millennia

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 21, Issue 4-5, 2012, Pages 385-396

  Pérez Obiol, Ramon ^a   Bal, Marie Claude ^b   Pèlachs, Albert ^a   Cunill, Raquel ^a,c   Soriano, Joan Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Laboratoire Geode   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropic action; Fire; Holocene; Pollen; Pyrenees; Sedimentary charcoal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864797529     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-012-0351-5     Document Type: Article

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