Last glacial climates, "Refugia", and faunal change in Southeastern Europe: Mammalian assemblages from Veternica, Velika pećina, and Vindija caves (Croatia)

Quaternary International

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-148

  Miracle, Preston T ^a   Mauch Lenardić, Jadranka ^b   Brajković, Dejana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CROATIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LAST GLACIAL; MAMMAL; MICROCLIMATE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLITHIC; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

CROATIA; VINDIJA CAVE;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; COELODONTA ANTIQUITATIS; MAMMALIA; SAIGA;

EID: 75349103813     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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