Spatially synchronous population dynamics: An indicator of Pleistocene faunal response to large-scale environmental change in the Holocene

Quaternary International

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-105

  Post, Eric ^a   Forchhammer, Mads C ^b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FAUNA; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 33646819331     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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