Late Holocene Sonoran desert arthropod remains from a packrat midden, Cataviña, Baja California Norté, México

Pan-Pacific Entomologist

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 183-199

  Clark, William H ^a,b   Sankey, Julia T ^c  

^a Albertson College of Idaho   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ants; Arthropods; Baja California; Beetles; Central Desert; Holocene; Insecta Neotoma (packrat) midden; Mexico

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033234905     PISSN: 00310603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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