Postglacial viability and colonization in North America's ice-free corridor

Nature

Volumn 537, Issue 7618, 2016, Pages 45-49

  Pedersen, Mikkel W ^a   Ruter, Anthony ^a   Schweger, Charles ^b   Friebe, Harvey ^b   Staff, Richard A ^c   Kjeldsen, Kristian K ^a,d   Mendoza, Marie L Z ^a   Beaudoin, Alwynne B ^e   Zutter, Cynthia ^f   Larsen, Nicolaj K ^a,g   Potter, Ben A ^h   Nielsen, Rasmus ^a,i,j   Rainville, Rebecca A ^k   Orlando, Ludovic ^a   Meltzer, David J ^a,l   Kjær, Kurt H ^a   Willerslev, Eske ^a,m,n  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM   (Canada)

^f MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^l SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; DNA;

BERINGIA; BOREAL FOREST; COLONIZATION; FOREST-STEPPE; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAMMAL; POSTGLACIAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; VIABILITY;

ARTICLE; BISON; CONTINENTAL ICE; DEGLACIATION; DNA DAMAGE; EUTROPHICATION; ICE SHEET; LAKE SEDIMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MACROFOSSIL; MAMMOTH; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DEER; FOREST; FOSSIL; GENOMICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; ICE COVER; MIGRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RADIOMETRIC DATING; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEDIMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CLOVIS [NEW MEXICO]; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; SIBERIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BISON;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BISON; DEER; DNA; FORESTS; FOSSILS; GENOMICS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; ICE COVER; MAMMOTHS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH AMERICA; POLLEN; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SIBERIA;

EID: 84984629864     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature19085     Document Type: Article

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