Ancient ecology of 15-million-year-old browsing mammals within C3 plant communities from Panama

Oecologia

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 169-182

  MacFadden, Bruce J ^a   Higgins, Pennilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Diet; Fossils; Miocene; Oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; FOSSIL; HERBIVORE; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; ENAMEL; FOSSIL; MAMMAL; PANAMA; POACEAE;

ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DIET; FOSSILS; MAMMALS; PANAMA; POACEAE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA CANAL; PANAMA CANAL ZONE;

ANCHITHERIUM; ARTIODACTYLA; CAMELIDAE; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; POACEAE;

EID: 3142564971     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1571-x     Document Type: Article

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