Bovid paleoecology and paleoenvironments from the Late Miocene of Bulgaria: Evidence from dental microwear and stable isotopes

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 241, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 637-654

  Merceron, Gildas ^a,b   Zazzo, Antoine ^c   Spassov, Nikolaï ^d   Geraads, Denis ^e   Kovachev, Dimitar ^d  

^a UMR CNRS 6046   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^e Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Bovid; Carbon isotopes; Dental microwear; Eastern Mediterranean; Environment; Miocene

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ENAMEL; EUSTACY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RUMINANT;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BOVIDAE; DICOTYLEDONEAE; GAZELLA SP.; PALAEOREAS;

EID: 33750465187     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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