An analysis of modern pollen rain from the Maya lowlands of northern Belize

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 109-120

  Bhattacharya, Tripti ^a   Beach, Timothy ^a   Wahl, David ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Maya lowlands; Modern pollen; Neotropics; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN RAIN; SAMPLING; SAVANNA; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MAYA LOWLANDS;

AMARANTHACEAE; ASTERACEAE; BACTRIS; BYRSONIMA; CYPERACEAE; POACEAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 79551651117     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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