Measuring late Quaternary Ursid diminution in the Midwest

Quaternary Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 322-329

  Wolverton, Steve ^a   Lyman, R Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BODY SIZE; PALAEOECOLOGY; QUATERNARY FAUNA;

USA;

CARNIVORA; URSIDAE; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0032071295     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1998.1964     Document Type: Article

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