Quaternary record of aridity and mean annual precipitation based on δ 15N in ratite and dromornithid eggshells from Lake Eyre, Australia

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1151-1162

  Newsome, Seth D ^a,d   Miller, Gifford H ^b   Magee, John W ^c   Fogel, Marilyn L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Dromaius novaehollandiae; Genyornis newtoni; Pleistocene extinction

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARIDITY; BIRD; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE FORCING; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MASS EXTINCTION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SAMPLING; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; DESERT CLIMATE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; EGG SHELL; FOSSIL; INSECT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; DESERT CLIMATE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; EGG SHELL; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INSECTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PALAEOGNATHAE; PLANTS; RAIN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE EYRE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

DROMAIUS; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; DROMORNITHIDAE; GENYORNIS; GENYORNIS NEWTONI; PALAEOGNATHAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80855138720     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2046-5     Document Type: Article

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