Pollen and non-pollen palynomorph indicators of vegetation and highland grazing activities obtained from modern surface and dung datasets in the eastern Pyrenees

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 123-139

  Ejarque, Ana ^a,b,c   Miras, Yannick ^a,b   Riera, Santiago ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Instituto Catalan de Arqueologia Clasica   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic indicators; Grazing pressure; High mountain Pyrenees; Modern dung; Modern pollen vegetation land use relationships; Non pollen palynomorphs

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DATA SET; ENDOPARASITE; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNGUS; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERBIVORY; LAND USE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PALYNOMORPH; POLLEN; UPLAND REGION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

PYRENEES;

ANIMALIA; COPROPHILOUS; FUNGI;

EID: 80052210899     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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