Definition of grassland biomes from phytoliths in West Africa

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2039-2048

  Bremond, Laurent ^a,b   Alexandre, Anne ^b   Peyron, Odile ^c   Guiot, Joël ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Biome; C4 grasses; Classification; Grassland; Phytolith; Pollen; Tropical grassland; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEMENTARITY; DATABASE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE; FOSSIL RECORD; GRASSLAND; PALYNOLOGY; PHYTOLITH; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

POACEAE;

EID: 53849145681     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01944.x     Document Type: Article

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