Open AccessInsect remains from an Alleröd peat at Lake Bysjön, South Sweden
Author(s) -
LEMDAHL GEOFFREY
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
boreas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.95
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1502-3885
pISSN - 0300-9483
DOI - 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1988.tb00556.x
Subject(s) - peat , subarctic climate , fauna , geology , archaeology , ecology , geography , oceanography , biology
An insect fauna in a peat layer from Lake Bysjön, South Sweden, 14 C‐dated to 11,200 ± 100 B. P. is described. The recorded insects indicate that the peat is of terrestrial origin and that it was formed in a subarctic environment.