Ecology and physiology of White River mammals based on stable isotope ratios of teeth

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 22-37

  Zanazzi, Alessandro ^a   Kohn, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Eocene Oligocene; Mammals; Stable isotopes; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

ENAMEL; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FERMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAMMAL; NICHE PARTITIONING; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMPATRY;

ARKANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WHITE RIVER [ARKANSAS];

ARTIODACTYLA; CAMELIDAE; EQUIDAE; LEPTOMERYCIDAE; MAMMALIA; MESOHIPPUS;

EID: 36849087438     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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