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Late Holocene vegetation history of the forest tension zone in Central Lower Michigan, USA

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

HUPY, C.M.
Dep. of Geography and Anthropology, Univ. of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Etats-Unis
YANSA, C.H.
Dep. of Geography, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, Etats-Unis


Description :
This research reconstructs a 2000-year vegetation history of the forest tension zone, an ecotone between the mixed coniferous-deciduous (Laurentian) forest and the eastern broadleaf forest, in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Different forest communities relative to the ecotone are represented by pollen analysis of sediment cores from 3 lakes : Hicks Lake (north of the ecotone), Cowden Lake (within), and Morrison Lake (south of the ecotone). The results demonstrate the sensitivity of forest communities to late Holocene climate change as well as document how species dominance changed in response to small variations in temperature and precipitation over the last 2000 years. It is expected that this and similar systems will respond greatly to the temperature and precipitation fluctuations projected for the Great Lakes Region.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Physical geography, issn : 0272-3646, 2009, vol. 30, n°. 3, p. 205-235, nombre de pages : 31, Références bibliographiques : 7 p.

Date :
2009

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Abingdon, Taylor and Francis

Langue :
Anglais
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