Vegetation and climate dynamics in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (NW Pakistan), inferred from the pollen record of the Kabal Valley in Swat District during the last 3300 years
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Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Toru Road, Garden Campus, 23200, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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Department of Palynology and Climate Dynamics, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, 37073, Germany
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Department of Botany, Bacha Khan University Charsadda, KPK, Pakistan
Online publication date: 2019-06-18
Publication date: 2019-06-18
Acta Palaeobotanica 2019; 59(1): 145–163
KEYWORDS
Holocenevegetation dynamicspollen recordKabal ValleySwat districtKhyber Pakhtunkhwa ProvincePakistanHindu Kush Himalayaconifersherbs
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