Regression coefficients of thermal gradients in northwestern Europe during the last glacial-Holocene transition using beetle MCR data

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 435-445

  Witte, H J L ^a,d   Coope, G R ^b   Lemdahl, G ^b,c   Lowe, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Groenholland Adviesbureau V M   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bootstrap method; Coleopteran assemblages; Last cold stage; Late Weichselian Devensian Late glacial; Monte Carlo simulations; Mutual climatic range temperature estimates

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LAST GLACIAL; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

(NORTHWEST); EUROPE;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0032455261     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199809/10)13:5<435::aid-jqs409>3.0.co;2-w     Document Type: Article

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