The vegetation cover of New Zealand at the Last Glacial Maximum

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 202-214

  Newnham, Rewi ^a   McGlone, Matt ^b   Moar, Neville ^b   Wilmshurst, Janet ^b   Vandergoes, Marcus ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Glacial refugia; Last Glacial Maximum (LGM); New Zealand; Paleoclimate; Pollen; Pollen climate modelling; Vegetation reconstruction

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL REFUGIA; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NEW ZEALAND; PALEOCLIMATES; POLLEN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DOMINANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; POLLEN; RECONSTRUCTION; REFUGIUM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION COVER;

FORESTRY; GEOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PLANTS; POLLEN;

NEW ZEALAND;

AGATHIS AUSTRALIS; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 84880575146     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.08.022     Document Type: Article

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