Modeling Pleistocene local climatic parameters using macrophysical climate modeling and the paleoecology of Pleistocene megafauna

Quaternary International

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 131-137

  Gregory McDonald, H ^a   Bryson, Reid A ^b  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RODENT;

EID: 77950521059     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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