Open AccessLate Quaternary Ant Fossils From PackratMiddens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Implicationsfor Climatic Change in the Chihuahuan Desert
Author(s) -
William P. Mackay,
Scott A. Elias
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
psyche a journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1687-7438
pISSN - 0033-2615
DOI - 10.1155/1992/82014
Subject(s) - quaternary , hymenoptera , ant , desert (philosophy) , ecology , geography , biology , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology
Packrat (Neotoma spp.) middens in rock-shelters provide importantpaleoecological records for the desert regions of North America.Specimens of various arthropod species accumulate in themiddens and are cemented into a black, tarry mass by packraturine
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