Differentiation between Neotropical rainforest, dry forest, and savannah ecosystems by their modern pollen spectra and implications for the fossil pollen record

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 70-85

  Gosling, William D ^a   Mayle, Francis E ^b   Tate, Nicholas J ^c   Killeen, Timothy J ^d,e  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

^e Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Amazon; Bolivia; dry forest; Pollen trap; rainforest; savannah

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRY FOREST; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLORISTICS; FOSSIL RECORD; GROWTH FORM; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN RAIN; RAINFOREST; SAVANNA; TAXONOMY;

BOLIVIA; NOEL KEMPFF MERCADO NATIONAL PARK; SANTA CRUZ [BOLIVIA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANADENANTHERA; APULEIA; ASTERACEAE; BAUHINIA; BORRERIA; BROMELIACEAE; BRYOPHYTA; CARYOCAR; CECROPIA; CELTIS; ERISMA; FERDINANDUSA; FILICOPHYTA; GUAZUMA; HIERONYMA; MORACEAE; MYRTACEAE; PIPERACEAE; POACEAE; POUTERIA; QUALEA; SCHEFFLERA; SIMIRA; SOLANUM;

EID: 56749107257     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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