Early-Middle Holocene vegetation history, climate change and human activities at Lago Riane (Ligurian Apennines, NW Italy)

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 315-334

  Branch, Nicholas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abies; Climate change; Fagus; Holocene; Human activities; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

ABIES; FAGUS;

EID: 84878608598     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-012-0384-9     Document Type: Article

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