Fossil pollen as a record of past biodiversity

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-17

  Odgaard, Bent Vad ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Floristic richness; PaIynological richness; Palaeoecology; Quaternary; Rarefaction

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0344224252     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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