Reconstructing cave bear paleoecology from skeletons: A cross-disciplinary study of middle Pleistocene bears from Yarimburgaz Cave, Turkey

Paleobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-98

  Stiner, Mary C ^a   Achyuthan, Hema ^b   Arsebük, Güven ^c   Howell, F Clark ^d   Josephson, Steven C ^e   Juell, Kenneth E ^e   Pigati, Jeffrey ^b   Quade, Jay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE BEAR; PALAEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

TURKEY;

SPELEARCTOS; URSUS;

EID: 0031878610     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300019989     Document Type: Article

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