The palaeoenvironment of Cervalces latifrons (Johnson, 1874) from Fornaci di Ranica (late Early Pleistocene, Northern Italy)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 99-118

  Breda, Marzia ^a   Pini, Roberta ^b   Ravazzi, Cesare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervalces latifrons; Late Early Pleistocene; Morpho functional analysis; Northern Italy; Palaeoenvironment; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ALCES; ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 11144299532     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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