Pollen and spores as a passive monitor of ultraviolet radiation

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Fraser, Wesley T ^a   Lomax, Barry H ^b   Jardine, Phillip E ^c   Gosling, William D ^c   Sephton, Mark A ^d  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FTIR; Palynomorph; Proxy; Sporopollenin; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929281940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296701X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2014.00012     Document Type: Short Survey

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