Ichnofossil morphology as a response to resource distribution: Insights from modern invertebrate foraging

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 272-281

  Koy, Karen A ^a   Plotnick, Roy E ^b  

^a MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Foraging; Morphology; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CRAB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ICHNOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; SEAFLOOR; SNAIL; TRACE FOSSIL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; HEMIGRAPSUS NUDUS; INVERTEBRATA; LYMNAEIDAE; NEMATODA; PLANORBIS PLANORBIS;

EID: 78449236563     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.054     Document Type: Article

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