Biome distribution over the last 22,000 yr in China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 409, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-47

  Ni, Jian ^a,b,c   Cao, Xianyong ^a,b   Jeltsch, Florian ^b,d,e   Herzschuh, Ulrike ^a,b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^e BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic biome; Biomization; Holocene; Last glacial maximum; Plant functional types; Pollen dataset

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOME; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DESERT; ECOTONE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GRASSLAND; HOLOCENE; LAND COVER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; POLLEN; SHRUBLAND;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84944865403     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.04.023     Document Type: Article

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