Regional-scale spatial heterogeneity in the late Paleocene paratropical forests of the U.S. Gulf Coast

Paleobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-39

  Jardine, Phillip E ^a   Harrington, Guy J ^a   Stidham, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; FLORISTICS; GLOBAL CHANGE; HETEROGENEITY; LITHOLOGY; MACROECOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLEN; SPORE; TAPHONOMY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ALABAMA; GULF COASTAL PLAIN; MISSISSIPPI; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84855475998     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/10019.1     Document Type: Article

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