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Week 6:

Past Climates and Vegetation

Suggested Keywords/Phrases for Searching Articles, Books and the Web

  • paleoclimat* (paleoclimatology, paleoclimate)
  • past climate
  • paleovegetation
  • paleobotany
  • vegetation
  • plant* (plant, plants, plantlife)
  • biomass
  • pollen data
  • soil
  • Growing Degree Days (GDD)
  • ice cores
  • deep sea sediment cores
  • glacial or interglacial
  • Younger Dryas
  • Emian
  • Hypsithermal
  • "Little Ice Age"
  • carbon storage
  • vernalization
  • biome
  • tundra
  • shrubland
  • desert
  • boreal forest
  • grassland
  • temperate forest
  • temperate rainforest
  • tropical rainforest

Example:

  1. (paleoclimat* OR past climate) AND (vegetation OR plant*)

See Search Strategies for more help.
Note: to narrow your search use keywords/concepts from other weeks.

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