Variation and pattern in the responses of mammal faunas to Late Pleistocene climatic change in southeastern South Australia

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 415-424

  Macken, Amy C ^a   Prideaux, Gavin J ^a   Reed, Elizabeth H ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department for Environment and Natural Resources ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Chi square linear trend; Late Pleistocene; MIS 5; Naracoorte Caves; Relative abundance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA; NARACOORTE CAVES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA FOSSIL CAVE;

MAMMALIA; PSEUDOMYS APODEMOIDES; PSEUDOMYS FUMEUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84859620177     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1563     Document Type: Article

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