Understanding arid environments using fossil rodent middens

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 499-511

  Pearson, Stuart ^a   Betancourt, Julio L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Palaeoecology; Quaternary; Radiocarbon; Rodent midden

Indexed keywords

MIDDEN; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RODENT;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0036492070     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2001.0901     Document Type: Article

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