Diet of the extinct Lava mouse Malpaisomys insularis from the Canary Islands: Insights from dental microwear

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-37

  Firmat, Cyril ^a   Gomes Rodrigues, Helder ^a,b   Hutterer, Rainer ^c   Rando, Juan Carlos ^d   Alcover, Josep Antoni ^e   Michaux, Jacques ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Extinct endemic mammal; Island evolution; Muridae; Palaeoecology; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DICOTYLEDON; DIET; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GRANIVORY; GRASS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PALEOECOLOGY; RANGE EXPANSION; RODENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPAIN; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; DIET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOSSILS; MICE; SPAIN; TOOTH;

CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN;

CRICETOMYS EMINI; DICOTYLEDONEAE; MALPAISOMYS; MALPAISOMYS INSULARIS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; MURINAE; POACEAE; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 78751642337     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0738-z     Document Type: Article

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