Palaeoenvironment and biogeography of a late MIS 3 fossil beetle fauna from South Taranaki, New Zealand

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-107

  Marra, M J ^a   Crozier, M ^b   Goff, J ^c  

^a PaleoEnvironmental Research   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Fossil beetles; Glacial refugia; MIS 3; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ENDEMISM; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; LAST GLACIATION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REFUGIUM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TARANAKI; WAITOTARA VALLEY;

COLEOPTERA; NOTHOFAGUS MENZIESII; PLATYPUS (BEETLE); RHYZOBIUS;

EID: 65349107269     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1175     Document Type: Article

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