Late-Holocene rodent middens from Rio Limay, Neuquen Province, Argentina

Holocene

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 325-329

  Markgraf, Vera ^a   Betancourt, Julio ^b   Rylander, Kate Aasen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Caves; Forest steppe ecotone; Late Holocene; Patagonia; Pollen analysis; Rodent middens

Indexed keywords

FOREST; FOREST-STEPPE ECOTONE; HOLOCENE; MIDDEN; POLLEN ANALYSIS; RODENT; STEPPE; TREE SPECIES; VEGETATION CHANGE;

ARGENTINA; LIMAY RIVER; NEUQUEN PROVINCE; PATAGONIA;

AUSTROCEDRUS; FAGACEAE; NOTHOFAGUS; PINACEAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030767348     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369700700308     Document Type: Article

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