Stabel nitrogen isotope values in arid-land kangaroos correlated with mean annual rainfall: Potential as a palaeoclimatic indicator

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-326

  Pate, F Donald ^a   Anson, T J ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Kangaroos; Nitrogen isotopes; Palaeoclimate; Palaeoecology; Rainfall; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249111386     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.938     Document Type: Article

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