Can isoprenoids in leaves and roots of plants serve as biomarkers for past vegetation changes? A case study from the Ecuadorian Andes

Plant and Soil

Volumn 291, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 181-198

  Jansen, Boris ^a   Nierop, Klaas G J ^a   Tonneijck, Femke H ^a   Van Der Wielen, Frans W M ^a   Verstraten, Jacobus M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Andic soil; Biomarkers; Diterpenes; Peat; Pentacyclic triterpenoids; Phytosterols

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BIOMASS; FOREST CLEARANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST SOIL; ISOPRENOID; LEAF; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PEATLAND; RECONSTRUCTION; ROOT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ANDES; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34248347401     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-006-9185-1     Document Type: Article

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