Stable isotopes in early Eocene mammals as indicators of forest canopy structure and resource partitioning

Paleobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 282-300

  Secord, Ross ^a,c   Wing, Scott L ^a   Chew, Amy ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EOCENE; FOREST CANOPY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; MICROHABITAT; NICHE PARTITIONING; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY;

BIGHORN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 45249090850     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2008)034[0282:SIIEEM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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