Conifer stomate analysis as a paleoecological tool: an example from the Hudson Bay Lowlands

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Author: Hansen, Barbara C. S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1995
• Subjects: Plant Science; Hudson Bay; Hudson; The Old Man; Albany River
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b95-027; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b95-027

The identification of conifer stomata in fossil pollen preparations of peat cores from the Hudson Bay Lowlands is used to determine the local presence of conifers in lieu of macrofossil analyses. The differentiation of eight conifer stomate types (Picea type, Larix laricina, Pinus sp., Abies sp., Ts...