Paleoenvironments of laetoli, Tanzania as determined by antelope habitat preferences

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048199556, 2011, Pages 355-366

  Bishop, Laura C ^a   Plummer, Thomas W ^b   Hertel, Fritz ^c   Kovarovic, Kris ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovidae; Ecomorphology; Pliocene; Postcranials

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859597818     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9956-3_17     Document Type: Chapter

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