Vegetation patterns, recent pollen deposition and distribution of nonpollen palynomorphs in a polygon mire near Chokurdakh (NE Yakutia, NE Siberia)

Boreas

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-58

  de Klerk, Pim ^a   Donner, Norman ^b   Joosten, Hans ^b   Minke, Merten ^b   Seifert, Nina ^c   Theuerkauf, Martin ^c   Karpov, Nikolay S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; POLLEN; VEGETATION;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

BETULA NANA; BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 62649130227     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00036.x     Document Type: Article

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