Climate changes in the central Mediterranean and Italian vegetation dynamics since the Pliocene

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 218, Issue , 2015, Pages 127-147

  Combourieu Nebout, Nathalie ^a,b   Bertini, Adèle ^c   Russo Ermolli, Elda ^a,d   Peyron, Odile ^e,f   Klotz, Stefan ^g   Montade, Vincent ^e,f,h   Fauquette, Severine ^f   Allen, Judy ⁱ   Fusco, Fabio ^j   Goring, Simon ^k   Huntley, Brian ⁱ   Joannin, Sébastien ^e,f,l   Lebreton, Vincent ^a   Magri, Donatella ^m   Martinetto, Edoardo ⁿ   Orain, Ronan ^a   Sadori, Laura ^m  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^h PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

ⁱ DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j Laboratorio Indipendente di Palinologia Paleontologica   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^m SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Central Mediterranean; Climate; Palynology; Pliocene; Quaternary; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PLIOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUATERNARY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ITALIAN PENINSULA;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGUS; PICEA; QUERCUS; TSUGA;

EID: 84937970652     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.03.001     Document Type: Article

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