Environmental seasonality and incremental growth rates of beaver (Castor canadensis) incisors: Implications for palaeobiology

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 289-301

  Rinaldi, Caroline ^a   Cole III, Theodore M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaver; Castoridae; Growth rates; Seasonality; Teeth; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RODENT; SEASONALITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOOTH;

CASTOR; CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTOR FIBER; CASTORIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 16544381726     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.01.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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