Pliocene large-mammal assemblages from northern Chad: Sampling and ecological structure

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 537-541

  Fara, Emmanuel ^a   Likius, Andossa ^b   Mackaye, Hassane T ^b   Vignaud, Patrick ^a   Brunet, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MAMMAL; ORDINATION; PLIOCENE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHAD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; MAMMAL; ORDINATION ANALYSIS; PLANT; PLIOCENE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHAD; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MAMMALS; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHAD; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 28244491497     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-005-0041-6     Document Type: Article

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