Does pollen-assemblage richness reflect floristic richness? A review of recent developments and future challenges

2016/02/03 by H. J. B. Birks, H. John B. Birks, Vivian A. Felde +5 · 229 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Biology #Ecology #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Geography #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Lichen and fungal ecology #Palynology #Pollen #Species evenness #Species richness

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.12.011

published in Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 228, 1-25 (Elsevier BV)

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