Mammalian response to Pleistocene/Holocene environmental change in the Great Basin [Réponse des mammifères aux changements environnemtaux du Pléistocène/Holocène dans le Great Basin].

Résumé

Bone collagen from 33 prehistoric jackrabbits and marmots (Lepus californicus and Marmota flaviventris) found in strata of Hidden Cave, Danger Cave, and Hogup Cave, correlation of suggested temperatures with relative abundances of other mesic and xeric mammals over time in caves' records correlation of relative abundance of pollens with mammal species' isotopic composition fluctuating isotopic signal over last 11,000 yrs that agrees with conclusions of other data sources.