The progressive effect of the individualistic response of species to Quaternary climate change: an analysis of British mammalian faunas

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 27-28, 2008, Pages 2499-2508

  Stewart, John R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MAMMALS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

CLIMATE OSCILLATIONS; HOLOCENE; INTERGLACIALS; PROGRESSIVE PROCESSES; QUATERNARY CLIMATES; SINGLE LINKAGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAUNA; HOLOCENE; QUATERNARY; REFUGIUM;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 56949090236     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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