Enamel microstructure in the fossil bovid Myotragus balearicus (Majorca, Spain): Implications for life-history evolution of dwarf mammals in insular ecosystems

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 300, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 59-66

  Jordana, Xavier ^a   Köhler, Meike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body size; Dental Microstructure; Dwarfism; Insularity; Life history; Paleohistology

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENAMEL; FOSSIL RECORD; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MICROSTRUCTURE; ONTOGENY; RUMINANT;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

BOVIDAE; CAPRA; MAMMALIA; MYOTRAGUS; MYOTRAGUS BALEARICUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79551468891     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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