supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41102113 and 41172161);the National Basic Research Program of China (2010CB950204);a MOST Special Fund (KN212431) from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology for supporting the project
Fifty-six surface pollen samples from different vegetation zones in the Yili Basin,western Tianshan Mountains,Xinjiang were analyzed to examine the relationships between the surface pollen assemblages and the original...