Using carbon isotope data of fossil bovid communities for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 99, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 273-275

  Sponheimer, Matt ^a,b   Lee Thorp, Julia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOSSIL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; UNGULATE;

BOVIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 0141523273     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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