Reliability and resolution of the coexistence approach - A revalidation using modern-day data

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 172, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-47

  Grimm, Guido W ^a   Denk, Thomas ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coexistence approach; Mean annual temperature; Method evaluation; Modern floras; Palaeoflora database

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CLIMATE VARIATION; COEXISTENCE; DATA SET; DATABASE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESOLUTION; TOLERANCE;

EUROPE; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84857401083     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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