Anatomy, death, and preservation of a woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) calf, Yamal Peninsula, northwest Siberia

Quaternary International

Volumn 255, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-105

  Fisher, Daniel C ^a   Tikhonov, Alexei N ^b   Kosintsev, Pavel A ^c   Rountrey, Adam N ^a   Buigues, Bernard ^d   van der Plicht, Johannes ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d International Mammoth Committee   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BONE; COLLAGEN; COPROPHAGY; LIFE HISTORY; MAMMOTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PALEOBIOLOGY; PERMAFROST; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRESERVATION; TAPHONOMY; THERMOREGULATION;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; YAMAL PENINSULA; YAMALO-NENETS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS;

EID: 84857456900     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.05.040     Document Type: Article

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