Dental microwear of cave bears: The missing temperate/boreal vegetarian "carnivore"

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

Volumn 106, Issue 48, 2009, Pages

  Bocherens, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

BEAR; BERRY; CARNIVORE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GRASS; HERBIVORE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUT; OMNIVORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TAIGA; TOOTH; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; DIET; FOSSILS; TOOTH ATTRITION; URSIDAE;

URSUS SPELAEUS;

EID: 73949120202     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0910368106     Document Type: Letter

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