Asynchronous extinction of late Quaternary sloths on continents and islands

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 102, Issue 33, 2005, Pages 11763-11768

  Steadman, David W ^a   Martin, Paul S ^b   MacPhee, Ross D E ^c   Jull, A J T ^d   Gregory McDonald, H ^e   Woods, Charles A ^f   Iturralde Vinent, Manuel ^g   Hodgins, Gregory W L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^f HCR 61 Box 15B   (United States)

^g Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cuba   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL; LATE QUATERNARY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOTH; SPECIES EXTINCTION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BONE AND BONES; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CLIMATE; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SLOTHS; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME FACTORS; WEST INDIES;

EDENTATA; MAMMALIA; PHYLLOPHAGA;

EID: 23844496408     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0502777102     Document Type: Article

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