Isotope paleoecology of episodic mid-to-late Holocene bison population expansions in the Southern Plains, U.S.A.

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 102, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-26

  Lohse, Jon C ^a   Madsen, David B ^b   Culleton, Brendan J ^c   Kennett, Douglas J ^c  

^a Coastal Environments Inc Gault School for Archaeological Research ^*  (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison; Chronology; Climate; Holocene; Isotopes; Southern Plains

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; NATURAL SCIENCES; CARBON;

BISON; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE; HOLOCENES; SOUTHERN PLAINS;

ISOTOPES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; HOLOCENE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOECOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; UNGULATE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EPISODIC EVENT; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIMEN BANK;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

BISON;

EID: 84906500860     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.07.021     Document Type: Article

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