Late Quaternary vegetation history of the Western Isles of Scotland

• Published in: New Phytologist
• Main Author: FOSSITT, J. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1996
• Subjects: Podium; Empetrum nigrum
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb04522.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-8137.1996.tb04522.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb04522.x; https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb04522.x

SUMMARY Palacoecoiocical investigations of two lake sediment sequences are used to reconstruct the vegetation history of the Western Isles. Pollen records begin in the late glacial and show a clear progression From herb‐rich grassland with abundant Salix, Rumex and Poly‐podium to widespread Empetrum...