Predator-prey biomass fluctuations in the Plio-Pleistocene

Palaios

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 90-96

  Meloro, Carlo ^a   Clauss, Marcus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BODY MASS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; FOSSIL RECORD; HERBIVORE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SIZE; RECONSTRUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84858205443     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2011.p11-048r     Document Type: Article

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