Identifying aquatic habits of herbivorous mammals through stable isotope analysis

Palaios

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 574-585

  Clementz, Mark T ^a   Holroyd, Patricia A ^b   Koch, Paul L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CARBON ISOTOPE; CENOZOIC; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; HERBIVORE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

HIPPOPOTAMIDAE; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 53849098567     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2007.p07-054r     Document Type: Article

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