Invertebrates of the relict steppe ecosystems of Beringia, and the reconstruction of Pleistocene landscapes

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 2200-2219

  Berman, Daniil ^a   Alfimov, Arcady ^a   Kuzmina, Svetlana ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF THE NORTH   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; INVERTEBRATE SPECIES; LAND BRIDGES; PLEISTOCENE;

ANIMALS;

LANDFORMS;

BEETLE; BERINGIA; BOREAL FOREST; FOSSIL RECORD; MOISTURE CONTENT; PALEOBOTANY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; STEPPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TUNDRA;

ARTHROPODA; BYRRHIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; STEPHANOCLEONUS;

EID: 79961206942     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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