A modern pollen rain study from the central Andes region of South America

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 709-718

  Reese, Carl A ^a,c   Liu, Kam Biu ^b  

^a University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Altiplano; Andes; Biogeography; Bolivia; Chile; Modern pollen rain; Palynology; Peru

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; POLLEN RAIN;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ASTERACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIGNONIACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALPIGHIACEAE; MORACEAE; PIPERACEAE; POACEAE; PUNA; SOLANACEAE; URTICACEAE;

EID: 17644380682     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01183.x     Document Type: Article

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