Young Darwin and the ecology and extinction of Pleistocene South American fossil mammals;El joven Darwin y la ecología y extinción de los mamíferos fósiles sudamericanos

Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 160-169

  Vizcaíno, Sergio F ^a   Fariña, Richard A ^b   Fernicola, Juan Carlos ^c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Darwin; Ecology; Extinction; Mammals; South america

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; FOSSIL; MAMMAL; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; MACRAUCHENIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SLOTHS; TOXODON;

EID: 68949181893     PISSN: 00044822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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