Pollen assemblage richness does not reflect regional plant species richness: A cautionary tale

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1137-1145

  Goring, Simon ^a   Lacourse, Terri ^b   Pellatt, Marlow G ^c   Mathewes, Rolf W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diversity; Generalized additive models; Palaeoecology and land use history; Palynology; Plant ecology; Pollen; Rarefaction

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84883305682     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12135     Document Type: Article

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