A late holocene pollen and charcoal record from La Selva biological station, Costa Rica

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-19

  Kennedy, Lisa M ^a   Horn, Sally P ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Disturbance; Maize; Paleoecology; Pollen analysis; Prehistoric agriculture; Tropical rain forest; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE VARIATION; DISTURBANCE; HISTORY; HOLOCENE; LAND USE; MAIZE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; RAINFOREST; RECORD;

CANINDEYU; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; HEREDIA; LA SELVA; MBARACAYU FOREST NATURE RESERVE; PARAGUAY; SOUTH AMERICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38149031590     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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