The Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary: Which significance for the so called "Wolf Event"? Evidences from Western Europe

Quaternaire

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-71

  Sardella, Raffaele ^a   Palombo, Maria Rita ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canids; Carnivora; North Western Mediterranean; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Richness; Turnovers

Indexed keywords

CANID; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LYCAON; CARNIVORA; PACHYCROCUTA; PANTHERA;

EID: 34247882871     PISSN: 11422904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/quaternaire.969     Document Type: Article

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