| Literature DB >> 15944178 |
M Madella1, A Alexandre, T Ball.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Phytoliths (microscopic opal silica particles produced in and between the cells of many plants) are a very resilient, often-preserved type of microfossil and today, phytolith analysis is widely used in palaeoenvironmental studies, botany, geology and archaeology. To date there has been little standardization in the way phytoliths are described and classified. SCOPE: This paper presents the first International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature (ICPN), proposing an easy to follow, internationally accepted protocol to describe and name phytoliths.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15944178 PMCID: PMC4246872 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci172
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Bot ISSN: 0305-7364 Impact factor: 4.357