How does taxonomic resolution affect chironomid-based temperature reconstruction?

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 589-601

  Heiri, Oliver ^a   Lotter, A F ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fossil chironomids; Palaeoecology; Taxonomic resolution; Temperature reconstruction; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA SET; FLY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOECOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

DRENTHE; HIJKERMEER; NETHERLANDS;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 77954659155     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-010-9439-z     Document Type: Article

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