Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Igo F. Lepsch
Chapter 1 – Phytoliths and Their Applications (pp. 1-26)
Heloisa Helena Gomes Coe, Ph.D., Margarita Osterrieth, Ph.D. and Mariana Fernández Honaine, Ph.D. (UERJ, Brazil and others)
Section I: Reference Collections of Plants from Different Types of Vegetation
Chapter 2 – Reference Collections of Plant Communities from ―Restinga‖ of the Coastal Plain of Maricá, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (pp. 29-48)
Natalia Borrelli, Ph.D., Heloisa H. G. Coe, Ph.D. Leandro O. F. de Sousa, M.D., Cátia P. dos Santos, M.S. Yame B. M. Ramos, André L. C. da Silva, Ph.D., and Carolina P. Silvestre, M.S. (UNMdP, Argentina and others)
Chapter 3 – Characterization of Phytoliths in Eight Species of Arecaceae in the State of Paraná, Brazil (pp. 49-74)
Janaina Silva Rossi Pereira, M.S., Mayara dos Reis Monteiro, Ph.D., Mauro Parolin and Marcelo Galeazzi Caxambu, Ph.D. (Unespar; UEM, and UTFPR, Brazil)
Chapter 4 – Phytoliths from the Rough Leaves of Two Dicotyledonous Species from the Brazilian Cerrado Biome and Their Occurrence in Soils (pp. 75-90)
Igo F. Lepsch, Ph.D., Lilian A. de Oliveira, Ph.D., AscensiĂłn Pinilla-Navarro, Ph.D., and Heloisa Helena Gomes Coe, Ph.D (UFMG, Brazil and others)
Chapter 5 – Phytolith Signature from Grassland and Araucaria Forest in Southern Brasil (pp. 91-120)
Marcia R. Calegari, Ph.D., Edenilson Raitz, M.S. Caroline P. Menegazzi, Fernanda A. Cecchet, Paula L. L. Felipe Ewald and Lucas T. Brustolin (Unioeste, Brazil)
Chapter 6 – Silicophytolith Reference Collections of Different Plant Communities from Argentina (pp. 121-146)
Mariana Fernández Honaine, Ph.D, MarĂa Laura Benvenuto, M.S. and Stella Maris Altamirano, M.S. (UNMdP, Argentina and others)
Section II: Vegetation Reconstructions, Origin and Evolution of Pedosedimentary Sequences and Geomorphic Evolution
Chapter 7 – Paleoenvironmental Conditions of Campos Gerais, Paraná, Since the Late Pleistocene, Based on Phytoliths and C and N Isotopes (pp. 149-170)
Mauro Parolin, Ph.D. Giliane Gessica Rasbold and Luiz Carlos Ruiz Pessenda, Ph.D. (Unespar; UEM, and USP, Brazil)
Chapter 8 – Understanding the Origin and Evolution of Soil Profiles in the SĂŁo JoĂŁo River Basin, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (pp. 171-192)
Heloisa Helena Gomes Coe, Ph.D., Jenifer Garcia Gomes and Kita Macario, Ph.D. (UERJ and UFF, Brazil)
Chapter 9 – Applications of Phytolith Studies in a Geomorphic Sequence in the Espinhaço Mountain Range, Brazil (pp. 193-214)
Heloisa Helena Gomes Coe, Ph.D., Cristina Helena R. Augustin,Ph.D. and Karina Ferreira Chueng (UERJ, UFF, and UFMG Brazil)
Chapter 10 – Silicophytoliths in Representative Soils of the Southeast Pampean Plains, Argentina (pp. 215-242)
Margarita Osterrieth, Ph.D., Mariana Fernández Honaine, Ph.D., Natalia Borrelli, Ph.D., and MarĂa Fernanda Alvarez, Ph.D. (UNMdP, Argentina)
Chapter 11 – Silicophytoliths and Silicon Biogeochemical Cycle in the Pampean Plain, Argentina (pp. 243-262)
Margarita Osterrieth, Ph.D., Natalia Borrelli, Ph.D., MarĂa Fernanda Alvarez, Ph.D. and Mariana Fernández Honaine, Ph.D. (UNMdP, Argentina)
Index