Characterizing a first occurrence of bison deposits in southeastern Nevada

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-35

  Johnson, William Gray ^a   Sharpe, Saxon E ^a   Bullard, Thomas F ^a   Lupo, Karen ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison; Cathedral Gorge State Park; Late Holocene; Southeastern Nevada

Indexed keywords

BISON; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS;

EID: 17644391430     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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