Exploring vegetation in the fourth dimension

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-52

  Mitchell, Fraser J G ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CHARCOAL; DATA SET; DATABASE; FOSSIL RECORD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; POLLEN; REVIEW; TIME;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; PLANTS; POLLEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650307968     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.10.007     Document Type: Review

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