Ecological applications of dendrochronology in archaeology

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-109

  Speer, James H ^a   Hansen Speer, Karla M ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropogenic ecology; dendroecology; insect outbreaks; mast; resource availability

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 77954321232     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771(2007)27[88:EAODIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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