The influence of biotic drivers on North American palaeorecords: Alternatives to climate

Holocene

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 787-791

  Craine, Joseph M ^a,b   McLauchlan, Kendra K ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic drivers; Biotic factors; Climate change; Environmental change; Grazing; Great Plains; Holocene; North America; Palaeoenvironments

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GRAZING; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 4544290821     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683604hl758fa     Document Type: Article

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