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Cordova, C.E.
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Chase, B.M.
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Smith, G.F. (Gideon Francois), 1959-
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2014-08-11T07:57:24Z |
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2014-08-11T07:57:24Z |
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2013-05 |
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This is a comment on the article of Burrough et al. (2012) in which they present a palaeoclimatic
reconstruction based on phytolith assemblages from sandy shoreline deposits in the Makgadikgadi Basin,
Botswana. While this work highlights a potentially important paleoenvironmental archive in a notably
data-poor region, there are several fundamental short-comings in the Burrough et al. work in terms of
the calibration of their findings with plant distributions and ecology. Not recognising these limitations in
their article, the authors apply palaeoenvironmental indices that are regionally inappropriate, and which
we argue in turn render their paleoenvironmental interpretations invalid. With no regionally specific
reference collection being established, it may be the misidentification of phytolith morphotypes that has
created the paradox that is posed by Burrough et al. |
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hb2014 |
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BMC was funded in part by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/ 2007-2013) grant agreement no. 258657. |
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http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jaridenv |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Cordova, CE, Chase, BM & Smith, GF 2013, 'Comment on "Burrough, S.E., Breman, E., and Dodd, C., 2012. Can phytoliths provide an insight into past vegetation of the Middle Kalahari paleolakes during the late quaternary? Journal of Arid Environments 82, 156-164"', Journal of Arid Environments, vol. 92, pp. 113-116. |
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0140-1963 (print) |
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1095-922X (online) |
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10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.12.007 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41152 |
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Elsevier |
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dc.rights |
© 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Arid Environments. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Arid Environments, vol. 92, pp. 113-116, 2013. doi : 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.12.007. |
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dc.subject |
Grasses |
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Kalahari |
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Phytoliths |
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Quaternary |
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Vegetation |
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Makgadikgadi Basin, Botswana |
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dc.title |
Comment on "Burrough, S.E., Breman, E., and Dodd, C., 2012. Can phytoliths provide an insight into past vegetation of the Middle Kalahari paleolakes during the late quaternary? Journal of Arid Environments 82, 156-164" |
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Postprint Article |
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