Ravens as small mammal bone accumulators: First taphonomic study on mammal remains in raven pellets

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 226, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 272-286

  Laudet, Frédéric ^a   Selva, Nuria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE JEAN JAURÈS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bia owie a Forest; Bone assemblage; Corvus corax; Digestion; Pellets; Small mammals; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

COPROLITE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; NATURAL ANALOG; PREDATOR; TAPHONOMY;

AVES; CORVUS CORAX; LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; RAPTORES; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SORICIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 25144519653     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.05.015     Document Type: Article

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