Small-scale spatial variation of pasture molluscan faunas within a relic watermeadow system at Wylye, Wiltshire, U.K.

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1057-1063

  Davies, P ^a   Grimes, C J ^b  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalklands; Mollusca; Pasture; Spatial variation; TWINSPAN; Watermeadow

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MOLLUSC; SPATIAL VARIATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033403752     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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29. Paul Davies studied environmental biology and geography at Nene College and undertook research in molluscan palaeoecology at the University of Wales, College of Cardiff. Following a year with the Humber Wetlands Project at the University of Hull he took up his present post, as Lecturer in Environmental Science, in 1993. His major research interests are in past and present molluscan ecology and biogeography (particularly in wetlands), the archaeological implications of Holocene sea-level rise, and the fidelity of the sub-fossil record (particularly Mollusca) in environmental archaeology.
30. Chris Grimes graduated from Bath Spa University College in 1997 having undertaken some of the research presented here as a dissertation option. He now works for a water utility company in southern England.