Tracing the ecophysiology of ungulates and predator-prey relationships in an early Pleistocene large mammal community

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 95-111

  Palmqvist, Paul ^a   Pérez Claros, Juan A ^a   Janis, Christine M ^b   Gröcke, Darren R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Ecomorphology; Mammals; Orce; Pleistocene; Venta Micena

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PLEISTOCENE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECONSTRUCTION; UNGULATE;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; ORCE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VENTA MICENA;

BISON; BOVIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERVIDAE; DAMA DAMA; EQUUS ALTIDENS; HEMITRAGUS ALBUS; HOMOTHERIUM LATIDENS; LYCAON; MAMMALIA; MAMMUTHUS MERIDIONALIS; MEGANTEREON WHITEI; OVIBOS; PACHYCROCUTA BREVIROSTRIS; PANTHERA; PANTHERA GOMBASZOEGENSIS; PRAEMEGACEROS VERTICORNIS; PSEUDODAMA; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 49149102608     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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