A warm thermal enclave in the Late Pleistocene of the South-eastern United States

Biological Reviews

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-202

  Russell, Dale A ^a   Rich, Fredrick J ^b   Schneider, Vincent ^a   Lynch Stieglitz, Jean ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Habitat; Pleistocene; South eastern U.S.; Wisconsinan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTANY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT; NORTH AMERICA; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PRAIRIE; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRATE; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; PLANTS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 65249083409     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2008.00069.x     Document Type: Article

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