Landscape paleoecology and megafaunal extinction in southeastern New York State

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-315

  Robinson, Guy S ^a   Burney, Lida Pigott ^a   Burney, David A ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dung fungi; Extinctions; Fire history; Human impacts; Mastodons; Megafauna; Microscopic charcoal; Paleoecology; Palynology; Pollen; Sporormiella; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTINCTION; FAUNA; FIRE HISTORY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FUNGI; MAMMALIA; MAMMUT; PREUSSIA;

EID: 22544459072     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-4064     Document Type: Article

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