The hippo's tale: How the anatomy and physiology of Late Neogene Hexaprotodon shed light on Late Neogene environmental change

Quaternary International

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-123

  Jablonski, Nina G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; MAMMAL; NEOGENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STREAMFLOW;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 1042266997     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(03)00121-6     Document Type: Article

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