Characterisation of Bolivian savanna ecosystems by their modern pollen rain and implications for fossil pollen records

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 223-237

  Jones, Huw T ^a   Mayle, Francis E ^a   Pennington, R Toby ^b   Killeen, Timothy J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

^d Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Neotropics; Pollen; Savanna

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; DATA SET; DICOTYLEDON; DOMINANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLORISTICS; FOSSIL RECORD; GRASS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN RAIN; RECONSTRUCTION; SAVANNA;

BOLIVIA;

ALCHORNEA; ASTERACEAE; CARYOCAR; CECROPIA; CYPERACEAE; MORACEAE; POACEAE; TABEBUIA;

EID: 79952700647     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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