Origin and dynamics of the northern South American coastal savanna belt during the Holocene - the role of climate, sea-level, fire and humans

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 122, Issue , 2015, Pages 51-62

  Alizadeh, Kamaleddin ^a   Cohen, Marcelo ^b   Behling, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Climate change; ENSO; Gallery forest; Holocene; Human impact; ITCZ and SACZ shift; Mangrove; Pollen and charcoal analysis; Savanna; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEA LEVEL; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

CHARCOAL ANALYSIS; ENSO; GALLERY FORESTS; HOLOCENES; HUMAN IMPACT; ITCZ AND SACZ SHIFT; MANGROVE; SAVANNA; VEGETATION CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MANGROVE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; SAVANNA; SEDIMENT CORE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

COASTS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWAMPS;

BRAZIL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EUPHORBIACEAE; MICROPHOLIS (ANGIOSPERM); RHIZOPHORACEAE; SAPOTACEAE;

EID: 84930671397     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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