Grass water stress estimated from phytoliths in West Africa

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 311-327

  Bremond, Laurent ^a   Alexandre, Anne ^a   Peyron, Odile ^a,b   Guiot, Joël ^a,c,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c CEREGE   (France)

^d PMIP   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arid environment; Grassland; Palaeoclimate; Palaeovegetation; Phytoliths; Pollen; Vegetation and climate proxies; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; GRASSLAND; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYTOLITH; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION HISTORY; WATER STRESS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MAURITANIA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

CHLORIDOIDEAE; EUDICOTYLEDONS; PANICOIDEAE; POOIDEAE;

EID: 13444279171     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01162.x     Document Type: Article

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