Sporormiella fungal spores, a palynological means of detecting herbivore density

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-50

  Davis, Owen K ^a   Shafer, David S ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Fungi; Herbivorous taxa; Quaternary; Spores; Sporormiella

Indexed keywords

CAVE DEPOSIT; EXTINCTION; FECES; FUNGUS; HERBIVORE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SPORE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PREUSSIA (ASCOMYCETE);

EID: 33745713511     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.11.028     Document Type: Article

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