Modern vegetation-pollen-climate relationships for the Pampa grasslands of Argentina

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 926-938

  Tonello, Marcela Sandra ^a,b   Prieto, Aldo Raúl ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Climate; Isopoll maps; Modern analogue; Multivariate analysis; Palaeoecology; Pampa grasslands; Pollen analysis; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GRASSLAND; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); VEGETATION;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; APIACEAE; APIALES; CONDALIA MICROPHYLLA; CYPERACEAE; PROSOPIS; SCHINUS;

EID: 42149153945     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01854.x     Document Type: Article

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