Lessons from temporal variation in the mammalian faunas from two collections of owl pellets in Columbia County, Washington

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 150-156

  Lyman, R L ^a   Lyman, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barn owl; Owl pellets; Palaeoenvironments; Rodent fauna; Washington

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142762856     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.669     Document Type: Article

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