A High-resolution chronology of rapid forest transitions following Polynesian arrival in New Zealand

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  McWethy, David B ^a   Wilmshurst, Janet M ^b,c   Whitlock, Cathy ^a   Wood, Jamie R ^b   McGlone, Matt S ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14;

ARTICLE; BURN; CHRONOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; FLAMMABILITY; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HOLOCENE; LAKE SEDIMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; NEW ZEALAND; POLYNESIAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SCRUB; VEGETATION; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHRONOLOGY AS TOPIC; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84910638948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111328     Document Type: Article

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