Pinus nigra (European black pine) as the dominant species of the last glacial pinewoods in south-western to central Iberia: A morphological study of modern and fossil pollen

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1998-2009

  Desprat, Stéphanie ^a   Díaz Fernández, Pedro Manuel ^b   Coulon, Tabatha ^a   Ezzat, Leila ^a,c   Pessarossi Langlois, Julien ^a   Gil, Luis ^d   Morales Molino, César ^e   Sánchez Goñi, Maria Fernanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Catholic University of Avila   (Spain)

^c CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CART analysis; Iberian peninsula; Last glacial; Palynology; Pinus halepensis; Pinus nigra; Pinus pinaster; Pinus pinea; Pinus sylvestris; Pollen morphology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DATA SET; FOSSIL; HOLOCENE; INTERSTADIAL; LAST GLACIAL; MORPHOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; WOODLAND;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PYRENEES; SPAIN;

PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS NIGRA; PINUS PINASTER; PINUS PINEA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84941190945     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12566     Document Type: Article

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