Differentiation of neotropical ecosystems by modern soil phytolith assemblages and its implications for palaeoenvironmental and archaeological reconstructions

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 193, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-37

  Dickau, Ruth ^a   Whitney, Bronwen S ^b   Iriarte, José ^a   Mayle, Francis E ^b   Soto, J Daniel ^c   Metcalfe, Phil ^d   Street Perrott, F Alayne ^d   Loader, Neil J ^d   Ficken, Katherine J ^d   Killeen, Timothy J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Centro de Investigación Económica del Colegio de Economista   (Bolivia)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Center for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivian Amazon; Modern analogues; Neotropical vegetation; Phytoliths; Soil analysis; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PHYTOLITH; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AMAZONIA; BOLIVIA;

EID: 84874775829     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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