Geothermal activity helps life survive glacial cycles

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 5634-5639

  Fraser, Ceridwen I ^a   Terauds, Aleks ^a,b   Smellie, John ^c   Convey, Peter ^d,e   Chown, Steven L ^f  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Gis; Last Glacial Maximum; Polar Region; Volcano

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOTHERMAL REGION; GLACIAL PERIOD; GLACIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

DISPERSAL; GIS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; POLAR REGION; VOLCANO;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; ICE COVER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84898771284     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1321437111     Document Type: Article

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