10,000 years of change: The Holocene entomofauna of the British Isles

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 545-562

  Dinnin, Mark H ^a   Sadler, Jonathan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Coleoptera; Entomofauna; Extinction; Habitat change; Holocene

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENTOMOLOGY; FOSSIL; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033373764     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199910)14:6<545::AID-JQS489>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Review

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