History of Flora and Vegetation During the Quaternary North America

Abstract

The 1998 and 2002 papers of this series (Frenzel 1998, 2002) were devoted to paleoecological problems of central and northern Asia, the article of the year 2000 to those of the tropical and subtropical zones. Thus, many very interesting papers on Quaternary paleoecology and vegetation history of theAmericas haveaccumulated meanwhile.Onlysomeofthemcan be dealt with here. Others will be discussed in the forthcoming issue of this series.