Holocene environmental change and vegetation contraction in the Sonoran Desert

Quaternary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 204-215

  McAuliffe, Joseph R ^a   McDonald, Eric V ^b  

^a DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Bioturbation; Climate change; Contracted vegetation; Creosotebush; Desert pavement; Drought; Larrea tridentata; Rock varnish; Sonoran Desert

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT;

ANIMALIA; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 33644584030     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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