Ancient latitudinal gradients of C3/C4 grasses interpreted from stable isotopes of New World Pleistocene horse (Equus) teeth

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-149

  Macfadden, Bruce J ^a   Cerling, Thure E ^b   Harris, John M ^b   Prado, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

C3 and C4 grasses; Carbon; Equus; Isotopes; Latitudinal gradients; New world; Oxygen; Pleistocene; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033434071     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.1999.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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