Paleoecology of the Guayana Highlands (northern South America): Holocene pollen record from the Eruoda-tepui, in the Chimantá massif

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 281, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 165-173

  Nogué, Sandra ^a,b   Rull, Valentí ^a   Montoya, Encarni ^a,b   Huber, Otto ^c   Vegas Vilarrúbia, Teresa ^d  

^a INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Trauttmansdorff Botanical Gardens   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Guayana; Holocene; Neotropics; Paleoclimatology; Paleoecology; Palynology; Tepuis; Vegetation constancy

Indexed keywords

BIOME; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; MEADOW; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PEAT; RECONSTRUCTION; SHRUBLAND; SITE EFFECT; VEGETATION COVER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOLIVAR [VENEZUELA]; CARABOBO; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA; CHIMANTA MASSIF; GUIANA HIGHLANDS; LAKE VALENCIA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

TEPUIA;

EID: 69949101376     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.07.019     Document Type: Article

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