Vegetation reconstruction from soil phytoliths, Tongariro national park, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 397-413

  Thorn, Vanessa C ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biogenic silica; New Zealand; Palaeoecology; Phytoliths; Tongariro National Park

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYTOLITH; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 33846360047     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2006.9513031     Document Type: Article

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