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24 (3), S. 25
Leitfaden der Pollenbestimmung für Mitteleuropa und angrenzende Gebiete (A Guide to Pollen Identification for Central Europe and Surrounding Areas) H.-J. Beug |
This new guide to the Identification of pollen from central Europe and surrounding areas presents a comprehensive pollen flora of exceptional Standard. The work is the culmination of tremendous effort and longstanding dedication by the author over the past four decades. A thorough set of instructions accompanies the extensive, illustrated key to 30 pollen morphological classes (e.g. tetrad, monoporate, tricoporate), each of which is further explored in detail in its own chapter. In total, 586 pollen types are outlined with particular attention paid to types that are the most difficult to identify. Excellent light microscope photographs, most of which are presented at x1000 magnification, are spread over 120 photographic plates. Although written in German, Beug employed the widely accepted pollen morphological terminology of Faegri and Iversen (1989) which, together with the highly structured key and a list of pollen morphological terms, ensures that all palynologists should find the book easy to use. This pollen flora is especially valuable to Australian pollen labs for its use as a comprehensive and detailed guide to the identification of introduced taxa as well as many of the cosmopolitan aquatic species. It should also serve as a useful teaching aid, providing many and varied examples of pollen morphological classes. For Australian labs working on sites in the Eurasian region this reference work will be essential. Reference Reviewed by Sander van der Kaars and Ellyn Cook |
| Copyright © 2012 Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil |
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