Late Pleistocene and Holocene Environmental Change on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington

Utilizing a paleoecological approach, this volume brings together decades of research on the modern natural environment of Washington State's Olympic Peninsula. This review of past research on paleoenvironmental change since the Late Pleistocene presents paleoecological records of changing fore...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteurs principaux: Gavin, Daniel G. (Auteur), Brubaker, Linda B. (Auteur)
Collectivité auteur: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Édition:1st ed. 2015.
Collection:Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 222
Sujets:
Plant ecology.
Environment.
Physical geography.
Landscape ecology.
Biogeography.
Plant Ecology.
Environmental Sciences.
Physical Geography.
Landscape Ecology.
Biogeosciences.
Accès en ligne:Texto Completo
Table des matières:
  •  1. The modern landscape of the Olympic Peninsula
  • 2. Geology and historical biogeography of the Olympic Peninsula
  • 3. Postglacial climate on the Olympic Peninsula
  • 4. Late Quaternary vegetation and fire history of the Olympic Peninsula
  • 5. Brief review of the archeological record in a context of environmental change
  • 6. Insights and future research needs.

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