Extinction chronology and palaeobiology of the cave bear (Ursus spelaeus)

Boreas

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-206

  Pacher, Martina ^a,b   Stuart, Anthony J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; EXTINCTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKULL;

ALPS; EURASIA;

ANIMALIA; URSUS SPELAEUS;

EID: 67650850524     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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