The impact of changing grasslands on Late Quaternary bison of the Southern Plains

Quaternary International

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 117-130

  Lewis, Patrick J ^a   Johnson, Eileen ^b   Buchanan, Briggs ^c   Churchill, Steven E ^d  

^a Sam Houston State University   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; C4 PLANT; CARBON FIXATION; GRASSLAND; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; UNGULATE;

NORTH AMERICA;

BISON; BISON BISON; BISON BISON BISON; POACEAE;

EID: 77950518817     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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