Gosling, William D.; Mayle, Francis E.; Killeen, Timothy J.; Siles, Marcelo; Sanchez, Lupita and Boreham, Steve
(2003).
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| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1191/0959683603hl649rr |
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Abstract
To gain a better insight into the nature of palaeovegetation change in tropical ecosystems, more information needs to be gleaned from the limited number of fossil pollen records that exist. To achieve this, a detailed understanding of modern tropical ecosystems and the pollen they produce is required. To facilitate this, a practicable and effective mechanism for sampling modern pollen rain from the tropics is required. This paper presents a modified field methodology based upon three years of trapping experience in Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia, and improved laboratory preparation methodologies. We demonstrate here a simple and very effective way to sample modern pollen rain in tropical environments using a funnel trap mounted on a stake containing cotton fibre as the trapping medium.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| ISSN: | 1477-0911 |
| Keywords: | pollen analysis; pollen rain; pollen trap; tropics; modern analogue; Bolivia |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Science > Environment, Earth and Ecosystems |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | OpenSpace Research Centre (OSRC) Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research (CEPSAR) |
| Item ID: | 4034 |
| Depositing User: | William Gosling |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jul 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Dec 2010 19:50 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/4034 |
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