Pleistocene bears in the Swabian Jura (Germany): Genetic replacement, ecological displacement, extinctions and survival

Quaternary International

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-237

  Münzel, Susanne C ^a   Stiller, Mathias ^b,c   Hofreiter, Michael ^b,d   Mittnik, Alissa ^a   Conard, Nicholas J ^a   Bocherens, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CAVE; EXTINCTION; HIBERNATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURVIVAL;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; GERMANY; SWABIAN ALB;

URSUS; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS SPELAEUS;

EID: 82755189603     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.03.060     Document Type: Article

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