Pleistocene Plant Fossils in and near La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica

Biotropica

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 434-441

  Horn, Sally P ^a   Sanford Jr , Robert L ^b   Dilcher, David ^c   Lott, Terry A ^c   Renne, Paul R ^d,e   Wiemann, Michael C ^f   Cozadd, Duane ^a   Vargas, Orlando ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^g Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Fossil plants; La Selva Biological Station; Paleoclimate; Paleoecology; Pleistocene; Pollen; Spores; Tropical vegetation; Tropical wet forest

Indexed keywords

ARGON ISOTOPE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; HEREDIA; LA SELVA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRAXINUS;

EID: 0345392805     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2003.tb00598.x     Document Type: Article

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