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... > Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > PALEOCLIMATE INDICATORS > BIOLOGICAL RECORDS > PALEOVEGETATION

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PALEOVEGETATION  

DEFINITION

  • Paleovegetation refers to plant species that were living at some time in the past. Indicators of past vegetation include pollen and plant macrofossils. Animal fossils and sedimentary indicators can also be used to reconstruct past vegetation.

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CHANGE NOTE

  • 2012-06-26 14:07:14.0 [gee-cee] Insert Concept add broader relation (PALEOVEGETATION [fbd867cf-f7e8-4dbc-9fd2-2ccc0728350f,39965] - BIOLOGICAL RECORDS [5553fe9d-ab0a-4305-86a6-1f7f697e15e4,39951]);
  • 2012-07-19 15:17:18.0 [mpmorahan] insert Definition (id: null text: Paleovegetation refers to plant species that were living at some time in the past. Indicators of past vegetation include pollen and plant macrofossils. Animal fossils and sedimentary indicators can also be used to reconstruct past vegetation. language code: en);

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