A 14,000year vegetation history of a hypermaritime island on the outer Pacific coast of Canada based on fossil pollen, spores and conifer stomata

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 572-582

  Lacourse, Terri ^a   Delepine, J Michelle ^a,c   Hoffman, Elizabeth H ^a   Mathewes, Rolf W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c West Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District   (United States)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Conifer stomata; Haida Gwaii; Lake sediments; Paleoecology; Pollen; Population expansion; Species arrival; Temperate rainforest

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONIFER STOMATA; HAIDA GWAII; LAKE SEDIMENTS; PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN; POPULATION EXPANSION; SPECIES ARRIVAL; TEMPERATE RAINFOREST;

FORESTRY; LAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

VEGETATION;

CONIFEROUS TREE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN; RAINFOREST; SPORE; STOMATA; VEGETATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; LAKES; PLANTS; POLLEN; SEDIMENTS;

CANADA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

ALNUS; ALNUS RUBRA; ALNUS VIRIDIS; ARTEMISIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CONIFEROPHYTA; CYPERACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; HIPPA; LYSICHITON AMERICANUS; PICEA; PICEA CONTORTA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PINUS CONTORTA; SALIX; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 84867987940     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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