Vegetation and environmental responses to climate forcing during the Last Glacial Maximum and deglaciation in the East Carpathians: Attenuated response to maximum cooling and increased biomass burning

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 278-298

  Magyari, E K ^a   Veres, D ^b   Wennrich, V ^c   Wagner, B ^c   Braun, M ^d   Jakab, G ^e   Karatson D ^a   Pal Z ^f   Ferenczy, Gy ^a   St Onge, G ^g   Rethemeyer, J ^c   Francois, J P ^c   von Reumont, F ^c   Schabitz F ^c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH ATOMKI   (Hungary)

^e SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^f BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Boreal and temperate tree refugia; Grass steppe; LGM; Magnetic susceptibility; Pollen; Romania; XRF

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIOMASS-BURNING; GRASS STEPPE; LGM; POLLEN; ROMANIA; TEMPERATE TREES; XRF;

VEGETATION;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE FORCING; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEGLACIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; FLORISTICS; FORELAND BASIN; FOREST-STEPPE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NEW RECORD; PALYNOLOGY; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; SHRUBLAND; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BIOMASS; CENTRAL EUROPE; COMBUSTION; FORESTS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANTS; SEDIMENTATION;

EAST CARPATHIANS BIOSPHERE RESERVE;

ANNA; BETULA; BETULA NANA; BETULA PUBESCENS; CORYLUS AVELLANA; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; JUNIPERUS; LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POPULUS; SALIX;

EID: 84920872237     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.09.015     Document Type: Article

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