Pollen indicators of human activity

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1281-1293

  Li, YiYin ^a   Zhou, LiPing ^a   Cui, HaiTing ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic plants; Human activities; Landscape development; Paleoenvironment; Pollen; Weed

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049131082     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0181-0     Document Type: Article

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