Ice-age steppe vegetation in east Beringia - Tiny plant fossils indicate how this frozen region once sustained huge herds of mammals

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Zazula, GD [1 ]
Froese, DG
Schweger, CE
Mathewes, RW
Beaudoin, AB
Telka, AM
Harington, CR
Westgate, JA
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[1] Simon Fraser Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
[2] Simon Fraser Univ, Dept Earth Sci, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
[3] Prov Museum Alberta, Edmonton, AB T5N 0M6, Canada
[4] Univ Alberta, Dept Anthropol, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H4, Canada
[5] PALEOTEC Serv, W Ottawa, ON K1R 5K2, Canada
[6] Canadian Museum Nat, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada
[7] Univ Toronto, Dept Geol, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada
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10.1038/423603a
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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