Physiological and life history strategies of a fossil large mammal in a resource-limited environment

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

Volumn 106, Issue 48, 2009, Pages 20354-20358

  Köhler, Meike ^a   Moyà Solà, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artiodactyl; Growth rate; Islands; Metabolism; Paleohistology

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BODY GROWTH; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE TISSUE; BRAIN CORTEX; FOSSIL ANIMAL; GOAT; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LIFE HISTORY; LONG BONE; MAMMAL; METABOLIC RATE; MYOTRAGUS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SURVIVAL;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; BONE AND BONES; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSILS; MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS;

ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDAE; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); HOMO SAPIENS; MAMMALIA; MYOTRAGUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 73949111338     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0813385106     Document Type: Article

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