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Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments

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    Hilary H. Birks

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Birks, H.H. (2002). Plant Macrofossils. In: Smol, J.P., Birks, H.J.B., Last, W.M., Bradley, R.S., Alverson, K. (eds) Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments. Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47668-1_4

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