Paleotemperature reconstruction in tropical Africa using fossil Chironomidae (insecta: Diptera)

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 413-435

  Eggermont, Hilde ^a   Heiri, Oliver ^b   Russell, James ^c   Vuille, Mathias ^d   Audenaert, Leen ^a   Verschuren, Dirk ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Chironomids; East; Midges; Temperature; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CALIBRATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLY; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LARVA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

UGANDA;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 78650981217     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-009-9339-2     Document Type: Article

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