Radiocarbon dating of subfossil Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in the southern Swedish Scandes |
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Authors: | Leif Kullman |
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Institution: | Department of Ecological Botany, VmeåUniversity, S-90187 Vmea, Sweden;6th June, 1979 |
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Abstract: | Wood samples from above the present-day pine limit were collected from within a limited area in central Sweden. New dates from an intensively investigated part of that area all fall within the period 8550 ± 110 to 4270 ± 90 14C years B. P. No evidence at present exists to suggest that any drastic change, or fluctuations, in the pine tree-limit, took place within that period. Some dates support the view that the present-day altitude of the pine tree-limit was established during the historic period and perhaps is still declining. |
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