Paleoecological reconstruction of a lower Pleistocene large mammal community using biogeochemical (δ13C, δ15N, δ18O, Sr: Zn) and ecomorphological approaches

Paleobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-229

  Palmqvist, Paul ^a   Gröcke, Darren R ^b   Arribas, Alfonso ^c   Farina, Richard A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Inst Geol Minero Espana   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; MAMMAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; BOVINI; CANIS; CANIS FALCONERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; DAMA; DAMA SP.; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; EUCLADOCEROS; FELIS CATUS; HEMITRAGUS; HOMOTHERIUM; LATIDENS; MAMMALIA; MAMMUTHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0038168886     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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