Mammalian faunal dynamics in Late Pleistocene Alberta, Canada

Quaternary International

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 37-42

  Burns, James A ^a  

^a ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; EXTINCTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CAMELIDAE; CERVIDAE; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUSTELIDAE; OVIBOS; URSIDAE;

EID: 77950629698     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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