Spores of coprophilous fungi from under the Dawson tephra (25,300 14C years BP), Yukon Territory, northwestern Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 481-485

  van Geel, Bas ^a   Zazula, Grant D ^b   Schweger, Charles E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Government of Yukon   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beringia; Coprophilous fungi; Klondike; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

BERINGIA; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNGUS; HERBIVORE; MEADOW; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SPORE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CANADA; KLONDIKE; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPROPHILOUS; FUNGI; PODOSPORA; PREUSSIA (ASCOMYCETE); SORDARIA;

EID: 34547813740     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.04.017     Document Type: Article

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