Canada geese dispersed cultigen pollen grains from prehistoric Iroquoian fields to Crawford Lake, Ontario, Canada

Palynology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-18

  McAndrews, John H ^a,b   Turton, Charles L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada geese; Holocene; Iroquois farming; Lakes; Paleoecology; Pollen dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOTURBATION; DISPERSAL; FOSSIL; HOLOCENE; MEROMIXIS; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; SPORE; VARVE; WATERFOWL;

CANADA; CRAWFORD LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ANAS; ANSER; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRANTA CANADENSIS; CUCURBITA; HELIANTHUS; PORTULACA; PORTULACACEAE; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38349194619     PISSN: 01916122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2007.9989631     Document Type: Article

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