The relationship between body size and environment: The case of Late Pleistocene reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

Archaeofauna

Volumn 6, Issue , 1997, Pages 123-135

  Weinstock, Jaco ^a  

^a Institut für Ur and Frühgeschichte Archäobiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body size; Climate; Late glacial; Reindeer; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000366663     PISSN: 11326891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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