Fossil evidence for open, proteaceae-dominated heathlands and fire in the late cretaceous of Australia

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2092-2107

  Carpenter, Raymond J ^a,b   Macphail, Michael K ^c   Jordan, Gregory J ^a   Hill, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphistomaty; Fire; Fossils; Nutrients; Proteaceae; Sclerophyll biome; Southwestern Australia

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; CRETACEOUS; DICOTYLEDON; FERN; FOSSIL RECORD; GONDWANA; GYMNOSPERM; HEATHLAND; MICROFOSSIL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OPEN SPACE; PALEOBOTANY; SHRUBLAND; STOMATA;

AUSTRALIA;

ERICACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; LILIALES; PROTEACEAE; PROTEOIDEAE; SPHAGNALES;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; FOSSIL; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEACEAE;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; FOSSILS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 84954435272     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1500343     Document Type: Article

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