Inferring local to regional changes in forest composition from Holocene macrofossils and pollen of a small lake in central Upper Michigan

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-73

  Jackson, Stephen T ^a,d   Booth, Robert K ^b   Reeves, Kelly ^a,c   Andersen, Jennifer Jewell ^a   Minckley, Thomas A ^a   Jones, Rachel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Metro Oregon   (United States)

^d The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest history; Holocene; Michigan; North America; Paleoecology; Plant macrofossils; Pollen; Scale; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; LAKES; VEGETATION;

FOREST HISTORY; HOLOCENES; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANT MACROFOSSILS; POLLEN; SCALE;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ECOLOGY; LAKES; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; PLANTS; POLLEN;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902511641     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.05.030     Document Type: Article

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