Disentangling the trajectories of alpha, beta and gamma plant diversity of North American boreal ecoregions since 15,500 years

Assessment of biodiversity in a changing world is a key issue and studies on the processes and factors influencing its history at relevant time scales are needed. In this study, we analysed temporal trends of plant diversity using fossil pollen records from the North American boreal forest-taiga bio...

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Main Authors: Olivier eBlarquez, Christopher eCarcaillet, Thibaut eFrejaville, Yves eBergeron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2014.00006/full