How could sympatric megaherbivores coexist? Example of niche partitioning within a proboscidean community from the Miocene of Europe

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 831-838

  Calandra, Ivan ^a   Göhlich, Ursula B ^b   Merceron, Gildas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dental microwear; Ecology; Feeding preferences; Neogene; Proboscideans

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DENTITION; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; HERBIVORE; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMPATRY;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLIAGE; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; MEGAHERBIVORE; MIOCENE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; SYMPATRY; TOOTH; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; MASTICATION; MOLAR; MOUTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWITZERLAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MOLASSE BASIN;

DEINOTHERIUM; GOMPHOTHERIUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 50849093537     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0391-y     Document Type: Article

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