Disentangling the impacts of climate and human colonization on the flora and fauna of the Australian arid zone over the past 100 ka using stable isotopes in avian eggshell

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 151, Issue , 2016, Pages 27-57

  Miller, Gifford H ^a,b   Fogel, Marilyn L ^c   Magee, John W ^d   Gagan, Michael K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abrupt; Amino acid racemization; Arid zone; Australia; Ecosystem; Extinction; Paleoclimatology; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ARID REGIONS; BIRDS; CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; LIGHT EXTINCTION; MOISTURE; RAIN; STREAM FLOW;

ABRUPT; AMINO ACID RACEMIZATIONS; ARID ZONES; AUSTRALIA; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AMINO ACID; ARIDITY; BIRD; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EGGSHELL; FAUNA; FLORA; GRASS; LAST GLACIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RACEMIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES; DROMAIUS; GENYORNIS; POACEAE;

EID: 84986328050     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.08.009     Document Type: Review

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