Modern pollen-vegetation relationships in western Tasmania, Australia

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 146, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 146-168

  Fletcher, Michael Shawn ^a   Thomas, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; fire; modern pollen rain; modern pollen vegetation relationships; moorland; Palynology; western Tasmania

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; FIRE; MOORLAND; PALYNOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLEN RAIN; RAINFOREST; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 34548282168     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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