Diet of Mongolian gazelles and Tibetan antelopes from steppe habitats using premaxillary shape, tooth mesowear and microwear analyses

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 358-364

  Rivals, Florent ^a   Solounias, Nikos ^b,c   Schaller, George B ^d  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary habits; Pantholops hodgsoni; Procapra gutturosa; Tooth wear

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEPPE; UNGULATE;

OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS MOSCHATUS; PANTHOLOPS HODGSONII; PROCAPRA GUTTUROSA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 79953161955     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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