Orbital Forcing and Tree-Limit History: Hypothesis and Preliminary Interpretation of Evidence from Swedish Lappland

The Holocene tree-limit history for an area in Swedish Lappland is analysed from a new set of 67 14 C-dated subfossil wood remains. The species involved are Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris), mountain birch ( Betula pubescens ssp. tortuosa) and grey alder ( Alnus incana). The highest tree-limit was est...

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Published in:The Holocene
Main Author: Kullman, Leif
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 1992
Subjects:
Paleontology
Earth-Surface Processes
Ecology
Archeology
Global and Planetary Change
Lappland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095968369200200204
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/095968369200200204

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