Holocene survival of the wild horse in Europe: A matter of open landscape?

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 805-812

  Sommer, Robert S ^a   Benecke, Norbert ^b   Lõugas, Lembi ^c   Nelle, Oliver ^a   Schmölcke, Ulrich ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^d Centre of Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Equus ferus; Extinction; Holocene; Primeval woodlands; Wild horse

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EXTINCTION; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; HORSE; LATE GLACIAL; NEOLITHIC; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SURVIVAL; WOODLAND;

EUROPE;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS FERUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 81055140523     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1509     Document Type: Article

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