Modern pollen spectra from the tundra‐boreal forest transition in northern Newfoundland, Canada

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Author: Davis, Anthony M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1980
• Subjects: Canada; Newfoundland; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1980.tb01030.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1502-3885.1980.tb01030.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1980.tb01030.x

Percentage pollen diagrams are presented and analysed by step‐wise discriminant analysis. Arboreal taxa show little variation between communities. Non‐arboreal, local taxa display substantial variability, but are good indicators of community composition and structure, and provide reliable elements for the palynological characterization of communities. The discriminant analysis indicates a distinctiveness for most communities that is surprisingly high considering the small size of many of the vegetation units within the mosaic.