The effect of Holocene temperature fluctuations on the evolution and ecology of Neotoma (woodrats) in Idaho and northwestern Utah

Quaternary Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 160-171

  Smith, Felisa A ^a   Betancourt, Julio L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Body mass; Global warming; Late Quaternary; Neotoma cinerea; Neotoma lepida; Species replacement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; HERBIVORE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA CINEREA; NEOTOMA LEPIDA;

EID: 0037954140     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-5894(03)00004-8     Document Type: Article

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