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Wang, W., Zhuang, X., Yin, X., Song, P., Wang, M., Fan, J., Zhang, Y., & Zhang, B. (2024). Mineralization and physicochemical characteristics of Lycium barbarum L. leaf cellulose detected using the basic alkali/acid extraction. Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 7, 100413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carpta.2023.100413
Wang, H., Wang, Y., Zhao, L., & Lu, H. (2024). Forest or grassland? Late Pliocene vegetation and climate of the Yushe Basin, Northern China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 641, 112115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112115
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International Phytolith Society Board Members
Rand R. Evett
University of California, USA
President
Yansheng Gu
School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
President-elect
Doris Barboni
French Institute of Pondicherry, India
Past-President
Mikhail Blinnikov
St. Cloud State University, USA
Treasurer
Welmoed Out
Moesgaard Museum, Denmark
Secretary
Ofir Katz
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Member-at-large
Marcia Regina Calegari
Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Brasil
Member-at-large
Chad Yost
Indiana State University, USA
Editor (non-voting)
Carolina Glaeser Benincá
Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná – Unioeste, Brazil
Web envoy
Marina Solomonova
Department of Botany at Altai State University
Web envoy
Xinxin Zuo
Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
Web envoy
Gayathri R
Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences (MCNS), Manipal, Karnataka, India
Web envoy
