New Zealand sub-Antarctic phytoliths and their potential for past vegetation reconstruction

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Author: Thorn, Vanessa C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2007
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; New Zealand; Campbell Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102007000727; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102007000727

Abstract Phytoliths in the modern vegetation of sub-Antarctic Campbell Island are compared with those in the soil beneath to assess the accuracy of vegetation reconstructions made from dispersed phytolith assemblages. The soil phytoliths alone suggest the source vegetation is a grassland association...