Modern and fossil non-pollen palynomorphs from the Basque mountains (western Pyrenees, France): The use of coprophilous fungi to reconstruct pastoral activity

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 391-408

  Cugny, Carole ^a   Mazier, Florence ^a,b   Galop, Didier ^a  

^a Laboratoire Geode   (France)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coprophilous Ascomycetes; Grazing activities; Modern and fossil NPPs; Non pollen palynomorphs (NPPs); Pyrenees

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; COPROPHILOUS; FUNGI;

EID: 78649698427     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-010-0242-6     Document Type: Article

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