Holocene vegetation history from fossil rodent middens near Arequipa, Peru

Quaternary Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 242-251

  Holmgren, Camille A ^a   Betancourt, Julio L ^b   Rylander, Kate Aasen ^b   Roque, Jose ^c   Tovar, Oscar ^c   Zeballos, Horacio ^d   Linares, Eliana ^d   Quade, Jay ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN AGUSTÍN DE AREQUIPA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Atacama Desert; Holocene; Paleovegetation

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; MIDDEN; PALEOCLIMATE; RODENT; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ATACAMA DESERT; PERU;

ABROCOMA; ATACAMA; LAGIDIUM; PHYLLOTIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0035470778     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2001.2262     Document Type: Article

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