Holocene treeline changes on the south slope of the Pyrenees: A pedoanthracological analysis

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 21, Issue 4-5, 2012, Pages 373-384

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

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines   (France)

Author keywords

Fire; Holocene; Human impact; Pyrenees; Soil charcoal analysis; Treeline

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864820081     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-011-0342-y     Document Type: Article

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