Mastodons and Mammoths in the Great Lakes Region, USA and Canada: New Insights into their Diets as they Neared Extinction

Geography Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 175-188

  Yansa, Catherine H ^a   Adams, Kristin M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIET; EXTINCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; GRAZING; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MAMMOTH; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CAREX; MAMMALIA; MAMMUT AMERICANUM; MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS; MASTODON; PICEA; POACEAE;

EID: 84858590667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2012.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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