Origin of mound-field landscapes: A multi-proxy approach combining contemporary vegetation, carbon stable isotopes and phytoliths

Plant and Soil

Volumn 351, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 337-353

  Renard, Delphine ^a   Birk, Jago Jonathan ^b   Glaser, Bruno ^b,d   Iriarte, José ^c   Grisard, Gilles ^a   Karl, Johannes ^b   McKey, Doyle ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

C3 C4 plants; Carbon stable isotopes; French Guiana; Mound field landscapes; Phytoliths; Seasonally flooded savannas

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; DATA SET; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE; LIMITING FACTOR; OXIDE; PHYTOLITH; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAVANNA; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL EROSION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERMITE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BRAZIL; FRENCH GUIANA;

ISOPTERA;

EID: 84856501505     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0967-8     Document Type: Article

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