Impact of Holocene climate variability on Arctic vegetation

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 133, Issue , 2015, Pages 272-287

  Gajewski, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biodiversity; Canada; Greenland; Holocene; Long distance dispersal; Paleoecology; Plant production; Pollen; Postglacial colonization; Refugia

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

ARCTIC; CANADA; GREENLAND; HOLOCENES; LONG-DISTANCE DISPERSALS; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANT PRODUCTION; POLLEN; POSTGLACIAL COLONIZATION; REFUGIA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGLACIATION; DISPERSAL; FLORA; HOLOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; PROPAGATION (HORTICULTURE); PROPAGULE; REFUGIUM; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; EUROPE;

EID: 84942249931     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.09.006     Document Type: Review

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