A Late Holocene Population Bottleneck in California Tule Elk (Cervus elaphus nannodes): Provisional Support from Ancient DNA

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 495-524

  Broughton, Jack M ^a   Beck, R Kelly ^a,b   Coltrain, Joan B ^a   O' Rourke, Dennis H ^a   Rogers, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b SWCA ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Climate change; Late Holocene; Resource depression; Tule elk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881026548     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-012-9167-y     Document Type: Article

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