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The Effect of Vegetation Heterogeneity on Short Stratigraphic Sequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2017

Ralph E. Taggart
Ralph E. Taggart*
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Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Department of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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Barring the immense and growing literature on Quaternary pollen analysis, the vast majority of the work on the paleoecology of terrestrial systems has concentrated on the Neogene floras of the Pacific Northwest. Study of these floras began with the pioneering exploratory surveys in the last quarter of the 19th century and assumed essentially its modern form with the work of R.W. Chaney, initiated in the 1920, the detailed contributions of H.D. MacGinitie, the continuing productivity of D.I. Axelrod, and, most recently, J. Wolfe. Such a short listing necessarily leaves out the many contributions of patient floristic monographers for I wish to concentrate on floristic treatments that include a major paleoecological element.

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The Paleontological Society Special Publications , Volume 3: Methods and Applications of Plant Paleoecology , 1988 , pp. 147 - 171
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Copyright © 1987 Paleontological Society 

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