Mammalian responses to Middle Holocene climatic change in the Great Basin of the western United States

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 181-192

  Grayson, Donald K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic diversity; Climate change; Global warming; Great Basin; Middle Holocene

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; EXTINCTION; HOLOCENE; MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033873851     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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