Predormancy omnivory in European cave bears evidenced by a dental microwear analysis of Ursus spelaeus from Goyet, Belgium

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 36, 2009, Pages 15390-15393

  Peigné, Stéphane ^a   Goillot, Cyrielle ^b   Germonpré, Mietje ^c   Blondel, Cécile ^d   Bignon, Olivier ^a   Merceron, Gildas ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Carnivora; Dormancy; Ecology; Pleistocene; Ursidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEAR; BELGIUM; CARNIVORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD PREFERENCE; HERBIVORE; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; UPPER PLEISTOCENE; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BELGIUM; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TOOTH ATTRITION; URSIDAE;

CARNIVORA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; UNGULATA; URSIDAE; URSUS SPELAEUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349315558     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0907373106     Document Type: Article

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