Pollen and spores: Microscopic keys to understanding the earth's biodiversity

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 3-12

  Blackmore, S ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Palynology; Phylogenetics; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33846528552     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-006-0464-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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