Plant macrofossil records | Arctic north America

Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2434-2450

  Bigelow, N H ^a   Zazula, G D ^b   Atkinson, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Boreal forest; Holocene; Late pliocene; Paleoecology; Plant macrofossil; Pleistocene; Quaternary; Steppe tundra; Sub Arctic; Treeline; Tundra; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85079779807     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-44-452747-8/00221-0     Document Type: Chapter

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