Estimating pollen diversity from pollen accumulation rates: A method to assess taxonomic richness in the landscape

Holocene

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 159-163

  Van Der Knaap, W O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Plant species turnover; Pollen accumulation rates; Pollen count; Pollen diversity; Pollen productivity; Taxonomic richness

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 68049139560     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683608098962     Document Type: Article

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