Alpines, trees, and refugia in Europe

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-160

  Birks, H John B ^a,c   Willis, Katherine J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpine plants; Arctic plants; Cryptic refugia; Holocene; Last glacial maximum; Macroscopic charcoal; Plant macrofossils; Pollen; Quaternary; Trees

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010589224     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550870802349146     Document Type: Article

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