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Surface soil phytoliths as vegetation and altitude indicators: a study from the southern Himalaya

Phytoliths represent one of the few available altitudinal vegetation proxies for mountain ecosystems. This study analyzed 41 topsoil phytolith samples collected from five altitudinal zones in the southern Himalaya as far as, and beyond, the timberline, from tropical forest (up to 1,000 m a.s.l.) to...

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Autores principales: An, Xiaohong, Lu, Houyuan, Chu, Guoqiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4620457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26500137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep15523

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