Variable ecosystem response to climate change during the Holocene in northern Minnesota, USA

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 445-452

  McLauchlan, Kendra K ^a   Lascu, Ioan ^b   Myrbo, Amy ^b   Leavitt, Peter R ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; INITIAL DEVELOPMENT; RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; RELATIVE RESISTANCE; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; TERRESTRIAL INFLUENCE;

CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAKES; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; CORE ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST COVER; GRASSLAND; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

CLIMATES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAKES; PLANTS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875119473     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30737.1     Document Type: Article

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