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H. E. Wright, Jr., J. H. McAndrews, Willem van Zeist, Modern Pollen Rain in Western Iran, and Its Relation to Plant Geography and Quaternary Vegetational History, Journal of Ecology, Vol. 55, No. 2 (Jul., 1967), pp. 415-443
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