What do cenograms tell us about mammalian palaeoecology? The example of Plio-Pleistocene Italian faunas

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 256, 2006, Pages 215-235

  Palombo, Maria Rita ^a,b   Giovinazzo, Caterina ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cenograms; Italy; Pleistocene; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAMMAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AURELIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33947307222     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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