Late-Holocene fossil rodent middens from the Arica region of northernmost Chile

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 677-686

  Holmgren, C A ^a   Rosello, E ^b   Latorre, C ^c,d   Betancourt, J L ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atacama Desert; Holocene; Paleovegetation; Rodent middens

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; MIDDEN; PALEOECOLOGY; PERENNIAL PLANT; RODENT; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ANDES; ARICA; ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; PUNA; SOUTH AMERICA; TARAPACA;

ABROCOMA; RODENTIA;

EID: 40849100376     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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