Predicting woodrat (Neotoma) responses to anthropogenic warming from studies of the palaeomidden record

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2061-2076

  Smith, Felisa A ^a   Betancourt, Julio L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Body size; Darwins; Evolutionary change; Global climate change; Late Quaternary; Temperature; Western North America; Woodrat middens

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HISTORICAL RECORD; MIDDEN; RODENT; WARMING;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; MISSOULA; MONTANA; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; SEVILLETA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; NEOTOMA;

EID: 33750949165     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01631.x     Document Type: Article

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