Analysis of accumulations of rodent remains: Role of the chemical composition of skeletal elements

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-315

  Dauphin, Yannicke ^a   Denys, Christiane ^b,c   Kowalski, Kazimierz ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIGESTION; FECES; FOSSIL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; RODENT; SKELETAL REMAINS;

EID: 0000474726     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/203/1997/295     Document Type: Article

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