Simulated climate variability in the region of Rapa Nui during the last millennium
Rapa Nui, an isolated island in the Southeast Pacific, was settled by the Polynesians most likely around 1200 AD and was discovered by the Europeans in 1722 AD. While the Polynesians presumably found a profuse palm woodland on Rapa Nui, the Europeans faced a landscape dominated by grassland. Sc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2011-06-01
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| Series: | Climate of the Past |
| Online Access: | http://www.clim-past.net/7/579/2011/cp-7-579-2011.pdf |