Surface pollen-vegetation relationships in the forest-steppe, taiga and tundra landscapes of the Russian Altai Mountains

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 253-265

  Pelánková, Barbora ^a,b   Chytrý, Milan ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

modern pollen spectra; palynology; pollen analysis; pollen deposition; southern Siberia; transect; vegetation types

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CORRELATION; FOSSIL; HERB; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLEN; RECONSTRUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STEPPE; TUNDRA; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION COVER;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ASIA; EURASIA;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; ACONITUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ARTEMISIA; BETULA NANA; BUPLEURUM; DRYAS OXYODONTA; LARIX; LONICERA; PICEA; PICEA OBOVATA; POLEMONIUM; SALIX; SPIRAEA; SWERTIA; TRACHEOPHYTA; TROLLIUS;

EID: 70449528630     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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