The diet of Myotragus balearicus Bate 1909 (Artiodactyla: Caprinae), an extinct bovid from the Balearic Islands: Evidence from coprolites

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-74

  Alcover, Josep Antoni ^a   Perez Obiol, Ramon ^b   Yll, Errikarta Imanol ^b   Bover, Pere ^a  

^a Inst Mediterrani d'Estudis A   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Buxus balearica; Cave sediments; Diet; Fossil ruminants; Holocene

Indexed keywords

DIET; HOLOCENE; VERTEBRATE;

ARTIODACTYLA; BALEARICA; BOVIDAE; BUXUS; BUXUS BALEARICA; CAPRINAE; CORA; MYOTRAGUS; MYOTRAGUS BALEARICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033054298     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0260     Document Type: Article

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