On the taxonomic resolution of pollen and spore records of earth’s vegetation

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 175, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 931-945

  Mander, Luke ^a   Punyasena, Surangi W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Paleoecology; Palynology; Plant evolution; Taxonomy; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; QUATERNARY; SPORE; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

EID: 84923605580     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677680     Document Type: Article

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