Pollen-derived paleovegetation reconstruction and long-term carbon accumulation at a fen site in the attawapiskat river watershed, Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-18

  O'Reilly, Benjamin ^a   Finkelstein, Sarah ^a   Bunbury, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

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EID: 84898033319     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-46.1.6     Document Type: Article

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