Back-casting sociality in extinct species: New perspectives using mass death assemblages and sex ratios

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1463, 2001, Pages 131-139

  Berger, J ^a   Dulamtseren, S ^a   Cain, S ^a   Enkkhbileg, D ^a   Lichtman, P ^a   Namshir, Z ^a   Wingard, G ^a   Reading, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Death assemblages; Palaeoecology; Taphonomy; Ungulates, sex ratios

Indexed keywords

PALEOECOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; THANATOCENOSIS; UNGULATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY SIZE; DEATH; ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNGULATE;

GOBI DESERT; MONGOLIA;

DINOSAURIA; EQUIDAE; HOMINIDAE; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035931279     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1341     Document Type: Article

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