A survey of modern pollen and vegetation along a south-north transect in Mongolia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1512-1532

  Ma, Yuzhen ^a   Liu, Kam Biu ^b   Feng, Zhaodong ^c,d   Sang, Yanli ^c   Wang, Wei ^c   Sun, Aizhi ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Discriminant analysis; Environmental gradient; Modern pollen rain; Mongolia; Ordination; Palynology; Pollen surface samples; Pollen climate indices; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GRASS; POLLEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ARTEMISIA; BETULA; CYPERACEAE; NITRARIA; PICEA; POACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

EID: 48049119014     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01871.x     Document Type: Review

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