Paleoecology of coastal and interior Picea (spruce) stands in Maine
Schauffler M. 1998. Paleoecology of coastal and interior Picea (spruce) stands in Maine. University of Maine
Study of the presence of spruce stands in Maine over the past 500 years based upon pollen found in sediment cores. Also looked for charcoal material as an indicator of fire history. Three of the study areas were in Acadia National Park: on Mount Desert Island, Schoodic Peninsula, and on Isle au Haut. The dissertations is divided into 4 chapters: 1: (Introduction) Changing distribution and abundance of Picea in northeastern North America during the last 3000 years; 2: Modern pollen deposition in forested wet hollows compared with local stand composition in 19 forest stands in Maine; 3: The paleoecology of five coastal Picea stands in Maine; 4: Holocene vegetation histories of spruce-fir (Picea-Abies) stands in northern-interior and coastal Maine. /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/ISLE AU HAUT/SCHOODIC PENINSULA/
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Schauffler, Molly
- Date of Issue
- 1998-12
- Publisher
- University of Maine
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Distribution, Fire History, Holocene, Isle Au Haut, Mount Desert Island, Paleoenvironment, Pollen, Schoodic Peninsula, Sediment Cores, Spruce Forest, Spruce-Fir Forest, thesis