Pollen assemblages of tauber traps and surface soil samples in steppe areas of China and their relationships with vegetation and climate

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 86-101

  Xu, Qing hai ^a,b   Li, Yue cong ^a   Tian, Fang ^a   Cao, Xian yong ^a   Yang, Xiao lan ^c  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

China steppe area; DCCA; Discriminant analysis; Pollen accumulation rate; Pollen trap assemblages; Surface soil pollen assemblages

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESERT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STEPPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 56449098746     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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