Ecosystems past: prehistory of California vegetation

Connie I. Millar; W.B. Woolfenden

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Ecosystems past: prehistory of California vegetation

Formally Refereed

Authors:

Connie I. Millar, W.B. Woolfenden

Year:

2016

Type:

Book Chapter

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

In: Zavaleta, E.; Mooney, H., eds. Ecosystems of California. Berkeley, California: University of California Press: 131-154. Chapter 8.

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Abstract

The history of California's vegetation, from origins in the Mesozoic through Quaternary is outlined. Climatic and geologic history and the processes driving changes in vegetation over time are also described.

Keywords

California vegetation prehistory, Mesozoic, Tertiary, Quaternary, climate history, geologic history

Citation

Millar, C.I.; Woolfenden, W.B. 2016. Ecosystems past: prehistory of California vegetation. In: Zavaleta, E.; Mooney, H., eds. Ecosystems of California. Berkeley, California: University of California Press: 131-154. Chapter 8.