Phytolith evidence for changes in the vegetation diversity and cover of a grassland ecosystem in Northeast China since the mid-Holocene
Guizai Gao, Maolin Wang, Dehui Li, Nannan Li, Jiangyong Wang, Honghao Niu, Meng Meng, Ying Liu, Guihua Zhang, Dongmei Jie
Topics & Concepts
HolocenePhytolithGrasslandEcologySpecies richnessEcosystemVegetation (pathology)HabitatPlant communityGeographyBiodiversityAgroforestryEnvironmental sciencePollenBiologyPathologyArchaeologyMedicineGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchSilicon Effects in AgricultureArchaeology and ancient environmental studies