Towards a complex ecomorphological characterization: A revision of the palaeoautecology of ungulates;Hacia una caracterización ecomorfológica compleja: Una revisión de la paleoautoecología de los ungulados

Ameghiniana

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 233-248

  Mendoza, Manuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision trees; Dietary adaptations; Discriminant analysis; Ecomorphology; Palaeoautoecology; Ungulata

Indexed keywords

AUTECOLOGY; ECOMORPHOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; UNGULATE;

UNGULATA;

EID: 18644378215     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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