Dietary resource partitioning in ruminant communities of Miocene wetland and karst palaeoenvironments in Southern Germany

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 424-439

  Kaiser, Thomas M ^a   Rössner, Gertrud E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mesowear; Miocene; Palaeodiet; Palaeoecology; Ruminantia; Tooth wear

Indexed keywords

BIOME; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENTITION; DIET; FOSSIL RECORD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; KARST; MIOCENE; NEOGENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RUMINANT; TAXONOMY; WETLAND;

BOVIDAE; CERVIDAE; LAGOMERYX; MAMMALIA; RUMINANTIA;

EID: 34547732012     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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