Asymmetric vegetation responses to mid-Holocene aridity at the prairie–forest ecotone in south-central Minnesota
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Rapid responses of the prairie-forest ecotone to early Holocene aridity in mid-continental North America
Article history: The prairie-forest transition Received 20 June 2008 Accepted 31 October 2008 Available online 17 November 2008
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عنوان ژورنال: Quaternary Research
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0033-5894,1096-0287
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.03.005