Rapid climatic changes and resilient vegetation during the Lateglacial and Holocene in a continental region of south-western Europe

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 114, Issue , 2014, Pages 50-65

  Aranbarri, Josu ^a,b,c   González Sampériz, Penélope ^a   Valero Garcés, Blas ^a   Moreno, Ana ^a   Gil Romera, Graciela ^a   Sevilla Callejo, Miguel ^a   García Prieto, Eduardo ^a   Di Rita, Federico ^b   Mata, M Pilar ^d   Morellón, Mario ^e   Magri, Donatella ^b   Rodríguez Lázaro, Julio ^c   Carrión, José S ^f  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aridity; Continental Iberia; Holocene; Multiproxy reconstruction; Pinewoods; Vegetation resilience

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CONTINENTAL IBERIA; HOLOCENES; MULTI PROXIES; PINEWOODS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DEFORESTATION;

VEGETATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARIDITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STEPPE; VEGETATION HISTORY; WOODLAND;

DEFORESTATION; EUROPE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAZARDS; HYDROLOGY; PLANTS; QUERCUS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84893446238     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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