Rowe, Cassandra (2006) A holocene history of vegetation change in the western Torres Strait region, Queensland, Australia. Quaternary Australasia, 24 (1). pp. 14-15.

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Abstract

[Extract] This report presents results of the first systematic palaeobiogeographical investigation undertaken in Torres Strait. Palynological investigations centered on the islands of Mua, Badu and Zurath are aimed at the reconstruction of vegetation histories in mangrove, swamp, rainforest and sclerophyll environments. Targeting the Holocene history of each dominant island vegetation community allows for more specific research goals to be addressed: a comparison of vegetation change at local and regional scales; an examination of human impacts on island ecosystems; and discussion on the implications of environmental change for Torres Strait archaeological records.

Item ID:	37184
Item Type:	Article (Abstract)
ISSN:	0811-0433
Keywords:	Torres Strait, Holocene, mangrove, woodland, freshwater swamp, archaeology, pollen
Additional Information:	This is a thesis abstract.
Date Deposited:	04 Mar 2018 23:23
FoR Codes:	06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0602 Ecology > 060206 Palaeoecology @ 40% 04 EARTH SCIENCES > 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience > 040606 Quaternary Environments @ 40% 21 HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 2101 Archaeology > 210104 Archaeology of Australia (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) @ 20%
SEO Codes:	97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology @ 20% 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9608 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity > 960806 Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity @ 40% 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9608 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity > 960802 Coastal and Estuarine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity @ 40%
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