Detection of Plio-Quaternary large mammal communities of Italy. An integration of fossil faunas biochronology and similarity

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 846-854

  Raia, Pasquale ^a   Piras, Paolo ^b   Kotsakis, Tassos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BIOCHRONOLOGICAL MARKERS,; CARNIVORES; HERBIVORES;

BIODIVERSITY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33646483251     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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