Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius Blum.) and its environment in northern Europe during the last glaciation

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 693-712

  Ukkonen, P ^a   Aaris Sorensen K ^b   Arppe, L ^c   Clark, P U ^d   Daugnora, L ^e   Lister, A M ^f   Lougas L ^g   Seppa H ^c   Sommer, R S ^h   Stuart, A J ⁱ   Wojtal, P ^j   Zupins I ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^g TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

ⁱ DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

^k Natural History Museum of Latvia   (Latvia)

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Author keywords

Mammoths; MIS3; Northern Europe; Scandivanian Ice Sheet

Indexed keywords

CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; COLD CLIMATE; DEGLACIATIONS; EASTERN EUROPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTONIA; GREENLAND; HOLOCENES; ICE SHEET; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MAMMOTHS; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; MIS3; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; GLACIERS; ICE; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; MAMMALS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DIET; EXTINCTION; HERBIVORE; LAST GLACIATION; MAMMOTH; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECOLONIZATION; SCANDINAVIAN ICE SHEET; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ESTONIA;

MAMMALIA; MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS;

EID: 79952041831     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.12.017     Document Type: Article

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