This new edition of the definitive work on doing paleoethnobotany brings the book up to date
by incorporating new methods and examples of research, while preserving the overall …

The biogeochemical silicon cycle influences global primary productivity and carbon cycling,
yet changes in silicon sources and cycling during long-term development of terrestrial …

The Earth has experienced large changes in global and regional climates over the past one
million years. Understanding processes and feedbacks that control those past …

Accurate estimates of changes in the composition and diversity of grassland ecosystems,
and an understanding of the mechanisms responsible, are essential for predicting future …

Amazonian forest plots are used to quantify biodiversity and carbon sequestration, and
provide the foundation for much of what is known about tropical ecology. Many plots are …

Conclusions Recent work has suggested that [PhytOC] could be much greater than currently
acknowledged, but also highly variable and dependent on cell silicification types. A short …

Fossil phytolith assemblages from soils and lake sediments are widely used to reconstruct
past vegetation patterns and dynamics, especially in tropical environments where a phytolith …

The tropical moist forests (TMF) of the Congo Basin are extremely diverse in terms of
structure and functional diversity. Previous paleoecological work suggests that these forests …

Presented are revised procedures for recovering pollen and spores, phytoliths, and starch
and other plant material from archaeological and other palaeoenvironmental deposits for …

The Luangwa Basin, Zambia, which forms part of the Zambezi drainage, is strategically
located between the Central African plateau and the East African Rift system. The Luangwa …