Ecological stability in a changing world? Reassessment of the palaeoenvironmental history of Cuatrociénegas, Mexico

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 188-190

  Minckley, Thomas A ^a   Jackson, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Chihuahuan Desert; Conservation; Endemism; Mexico; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BASIN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; LAST GLACIAL; MIGRATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SALINITY; WARMING;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; COAHUILA; CUATRO CIENEGAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 37149002089     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01829.x     Document Type: Article

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