Are modern pollen data representative of west African vegetation?

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 265-276

  Lézine, Anne Marie ^a   Watrin, Julie ^a   Vincens, Annie ^b   Hély, Christelle ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

biomisation; correspondence analyses; modern pollen samples; plant functional types; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOME; CLIMATE EFFECT; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DESERT; DRY FOREST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; RAINFOREST; RECONSTRUCTION; SAMPLE PREPARATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 70249149679     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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