'Ultraviolet spring' and the ecological consequences of catastrophic impacts

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 77-81

  Cockell, Charles S ^a,c   Blaustein, Andrew R ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asteroid; Comet; Extinction; Global change; Impact events; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COMET; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT;

EID: 0034008204     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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