A simple and effective methodology for sampling modern pollen rain in tropical environments

Holocene

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 613-618

  Gosling, William D ^a   Mayle, Francis E ^a   Killeen, Timothy J ^b,c   Siles, Marcelo ^c   Sanchez, Lupita ^c   Boreham, Steve ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Center for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

^c Museo Historia Nat 'Noel Kempff M'   (Bolivia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Modern analogue; Pollen analysis; Pollen rain; Pollen trap; Tropics

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN RAIN; SAMPLING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

BOLIVIA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0038142861     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683603hl649rr     Document Type: Article

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