Pollen evidence for the postglacial origins of Nova Scotia's forests
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Botany
- Vol. 65 (6), 1163-1179
- https://doi.org/10.1139/b87-163
Abstract
Pollen diagrams from sites in southwest Nova Scotia and close to the New Brunswick – Nova Scotia border show that after retreat of the Wisconsin ice sheets, most tree taxa arrived in the extreme southwest of Nova Scotia earlier than anywhere else in the province. For most tree taxa, arrival times at sites in maritime Canada and in northeastern New England are consistent with very early dispersal of individuals along the coastal strip via the exposed coastal shelf and with their entering Nova Scotia from the southwest. These scattered pioneer populations acted as centres for major population expansions, which followed much later in some cases. Local environments, fire, and interspecies competition appear to have been more important than propagule dispersal rates as factors limiting the spread of most taxa.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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