Trees or no trees? The environments of central and eastern Europe during the Last Glaciation

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 23-24, 2004, Pages 2369-2387

  Willis, Katherine J ^a   Van Andel, Tjeerd H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; WOOD;

BIOGEOGRAPHERS; FAUNA AND FLORA; FOSSIL PROXIES; FULL-GLACIAL POPULATIONS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

FOSSIL RECORD; LAST GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; REFUGIUM; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CHARCOAL; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; WOOD;

EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 9244229069     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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