Climate-driven expansion of blanket bogs in Britain during the Holocene
Blanket bog occupies approximately 6 % of the area of the UK today. The Holocene expansion of this hyperoceanic biome has previously been explained as a consequence of Neolithic forest clearance. However, the present distribution of blanket bog in Great Britain can be predicted accurately with a sim...
Main Authors: | A. V. Gallego-Sala, D. J. Charman, S. P. Harrison, G. Li, I. C. Prentice |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-01-01
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Series: | Climate of the Past |
Online Access: | http://www.clim-past.net/12/129/2016/cp-12-129-2016.pdf |
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