A 6000-year soil pollen record of subalpine meadow vegetation in the Olympic Mountains, Washington, USA
Gavin DG and Brubaker LB. 1999. A 6000-year soil pollen record of subalpine meadow vegetation in the Olympic Mountains, Washington, USA. Journal of Ecology. 87(1):106-122
From the Introduction: "This study investigated the long-term community dynamics within one subalpine meadow in the northeastern Olympic Mountains, Washington. The specific goals were to: (i) examine the spatial resolution of pollen signals in surface soils by comparing statistically present-day abundance of pollen and plants within the meadow, (ii) examine soil properties and assess pollen preservation and movement, and (iii) interpret community change over time from pollen profiles of meadow taxa from three radiocarbon-dated soil cores." Study site was in Royal Basin of Olympic National Park.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Gavin, Daniel; Brubaker, Linda
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- Dungeness River Watershed, Global Climate Change, Meadow, Olympic National Park, Palynology, Plant Studies, Subalpine