Taphonomic effects of faunal impoverishment and faunal mixing

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 241, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 572-589

  Andrews, Peter ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Faunal bias; Ordination; Palaeoecology; Rarefaction; Weighted averages

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; FOSSILIZATION; HABITAT TYPE; MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33750436231     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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