Mastodon herbivory in mid-latitude late-Pleistocene boreal forests of eastern North America

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-81

  Teale, Chelsea L ^a,b   Miller, Norton G ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alnus; Chemung Site; Hiscock Site; Hyde Park mastodon; Mastodon herbivory; Northeastern United States; Pleistocene megafaunal extinction; Taphonomy; Vegetation history; Younger Dryas chronozone

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; CHEMUNG SITE; HERBIVORY; HISCOCK SITE; HYDE PARK MASTODON; NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; PLEISTOCENE; TAPHONOMY; VEGETATION HISTORY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; DEPOSITS; PARKS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FORESTRY;

ANGIOSPERM; ELEPHANT; HERBIVORY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ALNUS; DEPOSITS; FOSSILS; PLANTS; SITES; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA;

ALNUS; ASTERACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CYPERACEAE; ELEPHANTIDAE; MAMMUT AMERICANUM; MASTODON; PICEA; POACEAE; POPULUS; SALIX;

EID: 84862596591     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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