High altitude C4 grasslands in the northern Andes: Relicts from glacial conditions?

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 147-160

  Boom, A ^a,b   Mora, G ^c   Cleef, A M ^a   Hooghiemstra, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C4; Colombia; Grass; Paramo; pCO2

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; GRASSLAND; PALEOTEMPERATURE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

AGROSTIS; ARCYTOPHYLLUM NITIDUM; BULBOSTYLIS; CALAMAGROSTIS; CAREX; CHUSQUEA; CYPERACEAE; CYPERUS; MUHLENBERGIA; PASPALUM; POACEAE; RHYNCHOSPORA; SPOROBOLUS; SPOROBOLUS LASIOPHYLLUS;

EID: 0034819147     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(01)00056-2     Document Type: Article

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