Implications of Subfossil Coleoptera for the Evolution of the Mima Mounds of Southwestern Puget Lowland, Washington

Quaternary Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 356-358

  Nelson, Robert E ^a  

^a Colby College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; GEOMYIDAE; MAZAMA; RODENTIA; THOMOMYS MAZAMA;

BEETLE; BEETLE ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL BEETLE; GOPHER; MIMA MOUND;

USA, WASHINGTON, PUGET LOWLAND;

EID: 0031441702     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1891     Document Type: Article

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