Packrat Middens : The Last 40,000 Years of Biotic Change.

Packrat Middens : The Last 40,000 Years of Biotic Change.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Betancourt, Julio L.
Other Authors: Van Devender, Thomas R., Martin, Paul S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: : University of Arizona Press, 1990.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Julio L. Betancourt, Thomas R. Van Devender, and Paul S. Martin
  • Part I: Methods
  • Chapter 2. Ecology of Living Packrats
  • Terry A. Vaughan
  • Chapter 3. Woodrat Ecology And Behavior And The Interpretation Of Paleomiddens
  • Robert B. Finley, Jr.
  • Chapter 4. Do Woodrat Middens Accurately Represent The Animals' Environments and Diets? The Woodhouse Mesa Study
  • Kenneth P. Dial and Nicholas J. Czaplewski
  • Chapter 5. Packrat Middens: Their Composition And Methods Of Analysis
  • W. Geoffrey Spaulding, Tulio L. Betancourt, Lisa K. Croft, and Kenneth L. Cole
  • Chapter 6. The Spatial And Temporal Distribution Of Radiocarbon Ages From Packrat Middens
  • Robert H. Webb and Julio L. Betancourt
  • Part II: Regional Summaries
  • Chapter 7. Late Quaternary Vegetation And Climate Of The Chihuahuan Desert, United States And Mexico
  • Thomas R. Van Devender
  • Chapter 8. Late Quaternary Vegetation And Climate Of The Sonoran Desert, United States And Mexico
  • Thomas R. Van Devender
  • Chapter 9. Vegetational And Climatic Development Of The Mojave Desert: The Last Glacial Maximum To The Present
  • W. Geoffrey Spaulding
  • Chapter 10. Late Quaternary Vegetation And Climate In The Great Basin
  • Robert S. Thompson
  • Chapter 11. Late Quaternary Vegetation Gradients Through The Grand Canyon
  • Kenneth L. Cole
  • Chapter 12. Late Quaternary Biogeography Of The Colorado Plateau
  • Julio L. Betancourt
  • Part III: Special Studies
  • Chapter 13. Comparison Of Late Holocene Environments From Woodrat Middens And Pollen: Diamond Craters, Oregon
  • Peter J. Mehringer, Jr., And Peter E. Wigand
  • Chapter 14. The Ecology And Paleoecology Of Grasses In Selected Sonoran Desert Plant Communities
  • Thomas R. Van Devender, Laurence J. Toolin, And Tony L. Burgess
  • Chapter 15. Late Quaternary Mammals From The Chihuahuan Desert: Paleoecology and Latitudinal Gradients
  • Thomas R. Van Devender and George L. Bradley
  • Chapter 16. Arthropod History Of The Puerto Blanco Mountains, Organ Pipe National Monument, Southwestern Arizona
  • W. Eugene Hall, Thomas R. Van Devender, and Carl A. Olson
  • Chapter 17. Deuterium Variations In Plant Cellulose From Fossil Packrat Middens
  • Austin Long, Lisa A. Warneke, Julio L. Betancourt, and Robert S. Thompson
  • Part IV: Middens Abroad
  • Chapter 18. Hyrax (Procaviidae) and Dassie Rat (Petromuridae) Middens in Paleoenvironmental Studies in Africa
  • Louis Scott
  • Chapter 19. Fossil Hyrax Middens From The Middle East: A Record Of Paleovegetation and Human Disturbance
  • Patricia L. Fall, Cynthia A. Lindquist, and Steven E. Falconer

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