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Late-glacial fluctuations of timberline in the Black Forest (SW Germany)

A revised approach to a climatic reconstruction

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Based on pollen diagrams from nine sites at altitudes between 654 and 1280 m a.s.l. the Late-glacial fluctuations of the timberline are reconstructed and interpreted in terms of summer temperature.

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    Gerhard Lang

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Communicated by Pim van der Knaap

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Lang, G. Late-glacial fluctuations of timberline in the Black Forest (SW Germany). Veget Hist Archaeobot 15, 373–375 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-006-0048-8

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