Palaeobiology of an extinct Ice Age mammal: Stable isotope and cementum analysis of giant deer teeth

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 282, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 133-144

  Chritz, Kendra L ^a   Dyke, Gareth J ^b   Zazzo, Antoine ^c   Lister, Adrian M ^d   Monaghan, Nigel T ^e   Sigwart, Julia D ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e National Museum of Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cementum analysis; Cervid; Ireland; Palaeobiology; Pleistocene; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEER; DENTITION; EXTINCTION; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; WEST ASIA;

CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; MEGALOCEROS; MEGALOCEROS GIGANTEUS;

EID: 70349481800     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.08.018     Document Type: Article

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