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Late-Quaternary vegetation history of Tasmania from pollen records
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Colhoun, EA and Shimeld, PW, Late-Quaternary vegetation history of Tasmania from pollen records, Peopled Landscapes: Archaeological and Biogeographic Approaches to Landscapes, ANU E Press, SG Haberle and B David (ed), Australia, pp. 297-328. ISBN 978-1-921862-72-4 (2012) [Research Book Chapter]
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Copyright 2012 ANU E Press
Official URL: http://press.anu.edu.au?p=165471
Abstract
Vegetation forms the major living characteristic of a landscape that solicits inquiry into the
history of its changes during the late Quaternary and the major factors that have influenced
the changes. Early studies considered ecological factors would cause vegetation to develop
until a stable climatic climax formation was attained (Clements 1936). The concept of an
area developing a potential natural vegetation in the absence of humans was similar (Tüxen
1956). Both ideas held that the vegetation of an area would develop to a stable condition that
would change little. However, the vegetation of a region never remains in stasis, but develops
dynamically through time, influenced by changing dominant factors (Chiarucci et al. 2010).
Item Details
| Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | vegetation, history |
| Research Division: | Environmental Sciences |
| Research Group: | Other environmental sciences |
| Research Field: | Other environmental sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
| Objective Group: | Other environmental management |
| Objective Field: | Other environmental management not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Shimeld, PW (Mr Peter Shimeld) |
| ID Code: | 122003 |
| Year Published: | 2012 |
| Deposited By: | TSBE |
| Deposited On: | 2017-10-25 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-11-07 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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