Paleoecology of Beringian "packrat" middens from central Yukon Territory, Canada

Quaternary Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-198

  Zazula, Grant D ^a   Froese, Duane G ^b   Westgate, John A ^c   La Farge, Catherine ^b   Mathewes, Rolf W ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beringia; Herbivory; Loess; Microtine rodents; Paleoecology; Permafrost; Plant macrofossils; Pleistocene; Spermophilus parryii

Indexed keywords

BERINGIA; LOESS; MIDDEN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; PLEISTOCENE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 14544271007     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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