Serial population extinctions in a small mammal indicate Late Pleistocene ecosystem instability - Brace, Selina; Palkopoulou, Eleftheria; Dalén, Love; Lister, Adrian M; Miller, Rebecca; Otte, Marcel; Germonpré, Mietje; Blockley, Simon P. E; Stewart, John R; Barnes, Ian (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2012)
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