354 which has a course in forensic biology and toxicology. Forensic entomology is potentially useful in cases of child neglect (Benecke & Lessig, 2001) and neglect of the elderly (Benecke et al, 2004), in addition to cases of murder. Similarly, palynology, the analysis of pollen and spores in criminal investigations, can complement forensic DNA by either proving or disproving that people or obj...

With great interest we have read the stimulating and groundbreaking article by Annick Le Thomas in PALYNOS 25/2, and her invitation to other working groups to present their actual research priorities. She proposed an interdisciplinary discussion about topics and new directions during the next IPC 2004 in Granada, Spain. After focussing on the fact that, "Palynology has become a well-established...

Many introductory ecology textbooks illustrate succession, at least in part, by using certain classic studies (e.g. sand dunes, ponds/bogs, glacial till, and old fields) that substituted space for time (chronosequence) in determining the sequences of the succession. Despite past criticisms of this method, there is continued, often uncritical, use of chronosequences in current research on topics...

The globally warm climate of the early Pliocene gradually cooled from 4 million years ago, synchronous with decreasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations. In contrast, palaeoceanographic records indicate that the Nordic Seas cooled during the earliest Pliocene, before global cooling. However, a lack of knowledge regarding the precise timing of Nordic Seas cooling has limited our understanding of th...

the kazhdumi formation of the bangestan group is a well-known and important source rock in most oil-fields in the zagros basin. in order to examine productivity of this formation in southwestern iran, and to correlate petrographical and palynological data with geochemical properties, one of the best outcrops of this formation, located in tange-maghar 45 km northwest of behbahan city, was sample...