Detecting the provenance of Galápagos non-native pollen: The role of humans and air currents as transport mechanisms

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1373-1383

  van der Knaap, W O ^a   van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F N ^a   Froyd, Cynthia A ^b,c   Willis, Kathy J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

fossil pollen; Gal pagos; introduced species; long distance transport

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DETECTION METHOD; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NATIVE SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; PROVENANCE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDGE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

CINCHONA; CINCHONA PUBESCENS; CYPERACEAE;

EID: 84870005649     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683612449763     Document Type: Article

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