An overview of leaf phytolith production patterns in selected northwest Australian flora

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 201-248

  Wallis, Lynley ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Northwest Australia; Phytoliths; Semi arid environments; Tropics; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYTOLITH; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

(NORTHWEST); AUSTRALIA;

POACEAE;

EID: 0037672687     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(03)00003-4     Document Type: Review

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