Characteristics of Poaceae pollen grains as a tool to assess palaeoecological grassland dynamics in South America

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-108

  Schüler, Lisa ^a   Behling, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Campos; Campos de Altitude; Grain size; Grasslands; P ramo; Pampa; Poaceae; Pollen grain morphology; South America

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

EID: 79751536268     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-010-0264-0     Document Type: Article

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