Representation of flora and vegetation in Quaternary fossil assemblages: Known and unknown knowns and unknowns

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-15

  Jackson, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Inference; Paleoecology; Taphonomy; Uncertainty; Vegetation; Woodrat midden

Indexed keywords

EPISTEMOLOGY; INFERENCE; PALEOECOLOGY; TAPHONOMY; UNCERTAINTY; WOODRAT MIDDEN;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

VEGETATION;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FLORISTICS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; TAPHONOMY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

NEOTOMA;

EID: 84862767835     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.05.020     Document Type: Review

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