Potential climatic refugia in semi-arid, temperate mountains: Plant and arthropod assemblages associated with rock glaciers, talus slopes, and their forefield wetlands, Sierra Nevada, California, USA

Quaternary International

Volumn 387, Issue , 2015, Pages 106-121

  Millar, Constance I ^a   Westfall, Robert D ^a   Evenden, Angela ^b   Holmquist, Jeffrey G ^c   Schmidt Gengenbach, Jutta ^c   Franklin, Rebecca S ^d,f   Nachlinger, Jan ^e   Delany, Diane L ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e Nevada Native Plant Society   (United States)

^f Central Oregon Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MOUNTAIN; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; PLANT; ROCK GLACIER; SEMIARID REGION; TALUS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WETLAND;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

APHIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; CAREX; CHLOROPIDAE; CICADELLIDAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84947865768     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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