Late Pleistocene remains of giant deer (Megaloceros giganteus Blumenbach) in Scandinavia: Chronology and environment

Boreas

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-73

  Aaris Sørensen, Kim ^a   Liljegren, Ronnie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CHRONOLOGY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; UNGULATE; WEICHSELIAN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CERVIDAE; CYPERACEAE; MEGALOCEROS GIGANTEUS; POACEAE;

EID: 1642618239     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2004.tb00996.x     Document Type: Article

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