Vegetation changes in the Lake Mamsin area, Saruwaged Plateau, New Guinea. American Museum novitates ; no. 2628

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dc.contributor.authorCostin, A. B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHoogland, R. D. (Ruurd D.)en_US
dc.contributor.authorLendon, C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorArchbold Expedition to New Guinea 1964)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T18:22:34Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T18:22:34Z
dc.date.issued1977en_US
dc.description9 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 9).en_US
dc.description.abstract"Fossil leaf remains in ca. 5700-year-old lake deposits in the glacial Lake Mamsin (Guam) on rhe Saruwaged Plateau of New Guinea are compared with the floras of present-day grass-heath and forest in the area. The fossil flora is dominated by a broadleaf podocarp of the type now occurring at least 500 m. below the elevation of the lake (3500 m.). Fires of native origin are the most likely cause of the replacement of the former forest by grass-heath around the lake, but subsequently there may have been a cold phase ending about 2600 years ago which depressed the potential upper limit of the podocarp forest"--P. [1].en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/5472
dc.languageengen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNew York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 2628en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.2628, 1977en_US
dc.subject.lcshPlant ecology -- Papua New Guinea.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPlant succession -- Papua New Guinea.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPlant ecology -- New Guinea.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPlant succession -- New Guinea.en_US
dc.subject.lcshGlacial lakes -- Papua New Guinea.en_US
dc.subject.lcshGlacial lakes -- New Guinea.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleobotany -- Quaternary -- Papua New Guinea.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleobotany -- Papua New Guinea.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleobotany -- Quaternary -- New Guinea.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleobotany -- New Guinea.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBotany -- Papua New Guinea.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBotany -- New Guinea.en_US
dc.titleVegetation changes in the Lake Mamsin area, Saruwaged Plateau, New Guinea. American Museum novitates ; no. 2628en_US
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