The spread of grass-dominated habitats in Turkey and surrounding areas during the Cenozoic: Phytolith evidence

2007/03/14 by Caroline A. E. Strömberg, Caroline A.E. Strömberg, Lars Werdelin +2 · 231 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · #Biology #Cenozoic #Ecology #Geography #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Holocene #Late Miocene #Macrofossil #Mediterranean climate #Paleoecology #Paleontology #Phytolith #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Pollen #Silicon Effects in Agriculture #Structural basin #Vegetation (pathology) #Woodland

paper · doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.02.012

published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 250(1-4), 18-49 (Elsevier BV)

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