Reliability of macrofossils in woodrat (Neotoma) middens for detecting low-density tree populations

Paleobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 603-615

  Lesser, Mark R ^a   Jackson, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATIC REGION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DETECTION METHOD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; LANDSCAPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RODENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

CARRIZO; JUNIPERUS; NEOTOMA; OPUNTIA; PINUS EDULIS; PINUS PONDEROSA; QUERCUS GAMBELII;

EID: 80052587910     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/10053.1     Document Type: Article

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