Geographic variability in North American mammal community richness during the terminal Pleistocene

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1099-1123

  Cannon, Michael D ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FAUNAL DATA; MAMMAL COMMUNITY RICHNESS; PALEONTOLOGY;

GEOLOGY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAMMAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 2342539213     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.11.008     Document Type: Article

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