From broadleaves to spruce – the borealization of southern Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 686-696

  Lindbladh, Matts ^a   Axelsson, Anna Lena ^a   Hultberg, Tove ^a   Brunet, Jörg ^a   Felton, Adam ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

forest history; forestry; National Forest Inventory; Norway spruce; paleoecology; Picea abies; pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); TIMBER;

FOREST HISTORY; NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIES; NORWAY SPRUCE; PALEOECOLOGY; PICEA ABIES; POLLEN ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84912048213     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2014.960893     Document Type: Article

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