Comparing pollen spectra from modified Tauber traps and moss samples: Examples from a selection of woodlands across Europe

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 271-283

  Pardoe, Heather S ^a   Giesecke, Thomas ^b   van der Knaap, Willem O ^c   Svitavská Svobodová, Helena ^d   Kvavadze, Eliso V ^e   Panajiotidis, Sampson ^f   Gerasimidis, Achilles ^f   Pidek, Irena A ^g   Zimny, Marcelina ^h   Świeta Musznicka, Joanna ^h   Latałowa, Małgorzata ^h   Noryśkiewicz, Agnieszka M ⁱ   Bozilova, Elissaveta ^j   Tonkov, Spassimir ^j   Filipova Marinova, Mariana V ^k   van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F N ^c   Kalniņa, Laimdota ^l  

^a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^e University of Georgia   (Georgia)

^f ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^g MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

ⁱ NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^k Museum of Natural History   (Bulgaria)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

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Author keywords

Collecting efficiency; Dissimilarity measures; Modified Tauber trap; Moss sample; Representation of tree taxa; Surface pollen deposition

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; PICEA;

EID: 77955568825     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-010-0258-y     Document Type: Article

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