An analysis of modern pollen rain on an elevational gradient in southern Peru

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-124

  Weng, Chengyu ^a   Bush, Mark B ^a   Silman, Miles R ^b  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Elevation; Moss polster; Palaeoecology; Peru; South America; Transect

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ELEVATION; PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN RAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MADRE DE DIOS; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACALYPHA; ALCHORNEA; ALNUS; ARECACEAE; ASTERACEAE; BETULACEAE; BIGNONIACEAE; BRYOPHYTA; CECROPIA; COMBRETACEAE; HEDYOSMUM; IRIARTEA; MELASTOMATACEAE; MORACEAE; MUEHLENBECKIA; MYRSINE; POACEAE; POLYLEPIS; RUBIACEAE; SLOANEA; URTICACEAE;

EID: 0842302556     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403001068     Document Type: Article

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