Postglacial history of subalpine forests, Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Gavin, Daniel G., Mclachlan, Jason S., Brubaker, Linda B., Young, Kyle A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2001
• Subjects: Parkland; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1191/095968301670879949; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1191/095968301670879949

To investigate subalpine vegetation history on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), two pollen, macrofossil and charcoal records were studied in climatically distinct zones: Martins Lake (1415 m) in the moist Tsuga mertensiana zone and Moose Lake (1508 m) in the drier Abies lasiocarpa zone. The...