Holocene environmental changes and the seal (Phocidae) fauna of the Baltic Sea: Coming, going and staying

Mammal Review

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 231-246

  Schmölcke, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

8.2 event; Archaeozoology; Biogeography; Body size; Faunal history; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FAUNA; HOLOCENE; PINNIPED; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ANIMALIA; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; LITTORINA; PHOCA; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 52749096855     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2008.00131.x     Document Type: Review

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