A GIS-based Vegetation Map of the World at the Last Glacial Maximum (25,000-15,000 BP)

Table of Contents

• Summary | Résumé
• Table of Figures

• 1.0 Introduction
• 2.0 The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)
• 3.0 Methodology
  • 3.1 A top-downwards approach
  • 3.2 Vegetation map
  • 3.2.1 Digitalization
  • 3.2.2 Key to vegetation types
  • 3.2.3 Expressing the uncertainties in the vegetation map reconstruction
  • 3.3 Altitudinal zonation
  • 3.4 LGM extended coastlines
  • 3.5 GIS database
• 4.0 Description of Vegetation Patterns
  • 4.1 Index to the regions
  • 4.2 North and Central America
  • 4.3 South America
  • 4.4 Africa
  • 4.5 Europe
  • 4.6 Eurasia
  • 4.7 Australasia
• 5.0 Suggestions and Comments from Readers
• 6.0 Acknowledgements
• 7.0 Bibliography
• 8.0 Download Area
  • Text-only download page
  • Graphics download page

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