The problem of conifer species migration lag in the Pacific Northwest region since the last glaciation

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-69

  Elias, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alaska; Conifers; Migration; Paleoecology; Postglacial

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; CONIFERS; MIGRATION; PALEOECOLOGY; POSTGLACIAL;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE;

ECOLOGY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LAST GLACIAL; MIGRATION; MYCORRHIZA; PALEOECOLOGY; PIONEER SPECIES; RECONSTRUCTION; SOIL MOISTURE;

ALASKA; BERING GLACIER; KENAI PENINSULA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882608275     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.07.023     Document Type: Article

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