Megafaunal Extinctions and the Disappearance of a Specialized Wolf Ecomorph

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1146-1150

  Leonard, Jennifer A ^a,b,c   Vilà, Carles ^c   Fox Dobbs, Kena ^d   Koch, Paul L ^d   Wayne, Robert K ^a   Van Valkenburgh, Blaire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SKULL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TOOTH; TOOTH DISEASE; WOLF;

ANIMALS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSILS; NITROGEN RADIOISOTOPES; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SKULL; TOOTH; TOOTH ATTRITION; WOLVES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34250862294     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.05.072     Document Type: Article

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