Assessing the impact of late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions on global vegetation and climate

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1761-1771

  Brault, M O ^a   Mysak, L A ^a   Matthews, H D ^b   Simmons, C T ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DEGLACIATION; GLACIATION; HERBIVORE; MAMMOTH; MASS EXTINCTION; PLEISTOCENE; REFORESTATION; SOIL CARBON;

EID: 84881464099     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-1761-2013     Document Type: Article

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