Small-mammal data on early and middle Holocene climates and biotic communities in the Bonneville Basin, USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-260

  Schmitt, Dave N ^a,b   Madsen, David B ^c   Lupo, Karen D ^c  

^a UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bonneville Basin; Early Holocene; Environmental change; Middle Holocene; Small mammals; Taxonomic diversity

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; SMALL MAMMAL;

BONNEVILLE BASIN; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BRACHYLAGUS IDAHOENSIS; CAMELIDAE; LEPUS CALIFORNICUS; LEPUS TOWNSENDII; MAMMALIA; MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS; NEOTOMA LEPIDA; POACEAE; REITHRODONTOMYS MEGALOTIS; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0036873190     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2002.2373     Document Type: Article

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