A holocene history of vegetation change in the western Torres Strait region, Queensland, Australia

Rowe, Cassandra

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[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.

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Quaternary Australasia

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0811-0433

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Australasian Quaternary Association

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