Micromammals (rodents and insectivores) from the early Late Pleistocene cave site of Bois Roche (Charente, France): Systematics and paleoclimatology

Geobios

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 399-414

  Sesé, Carmen ^a   Villa, Paola ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Late Pleistocene; France; Insectivores; Paleoclimate; Rodents; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CAVE; INSECTIVORE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

CHARENTE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; POITOU-CHARENTES; WESTERN EUROPE;

APODEMUS; ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; BOVIDAE; CERVIDAE; DICROSTONYX TORQUATUS; ELIOMYS QUERCINUS; EQUIDAE; MICROTUS GREGALIS; MICROTUS OECONOMUS; NEOMYS FODIENS; RODENTIA;

EID: 44749088927     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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