Ecomorphological adaptations to climate and substrate in late Middle Pleistocene caballoid horses

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 297, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 584-596

  Van Asperen, Eline Naomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecomorphology; Equidae; European Middle Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY SIZE; BONE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HORSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SUBSTRATE; THERMOREGULATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78049266273     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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