Quantitative representation of local forest composition in forest-floor pollen assemblages

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 474-490

  Jackson, Stephen T ^a   Kearsley, Jennifer B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Nat Her E   (United States)

Author keywords

Extended R value models; Forest composition; Pollen representation; Pollen vegetation calibration; Quaternary ecology

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST; POLLEN; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST FLOOR; POLLEN ASSEMBLAGE; POLLEN-VEGETATION RELATIONSHIP;

USA, NEW YORK;

ACER; BETULA; FAGUS; PINUS; QUERCUS; TSUGA;

EID: 0031811888     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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