Feeding strategy of the Urus Bos primigenius Bojanus, 1827 from the Holocene of Denmark

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 259, 2007, Pages 155-164

  Schulz, Ellen ^a   Kaiser, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bovidae; Feeding strategy; Holocene; Mesowear; Palaeodiet; Urus

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DIET; EXTINCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; HERBIVORE; HOLOCENE; MAMMAL; PALYNOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BOS PRIMIGENIUS; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 38349180728     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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