Palynological richness and evenness: Insights from the taxa accumulation curve

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 217-228

  Giesecke, Thomas ^a   Ammann, Brigitta ^b   Brande, Arthur ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evenness; Palynological richness; Past floristic diversity; Pollen; Taxa accumulation curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897726075     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-014-0435-5     Document Type: Article

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