Dodo remains from an in situ context from mare aux songes, mauritius

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 177-184

  Meijer, Hanneke J M ^a,b   Gill, Arike ^b   De Louw, Perry G B ^c   Van Den Hoek Ostende, Lars W ^b   Hume, Julian P ^d   Rijsdijk, Kenneth F ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Insular ecosystem; Mare aux Songes; Mauritius; Raphus cucullatus; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DOMINANCE; FOSSIL RECORD; FRAGMENTATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; JUVENILE; TAPHONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; MAURITIUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; COLUMBIFORMES; FOSSILS; MAURITIUS;

MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS;

ANIMALIA; RAPHUS CUCULLATUS;

EID: 84863718924     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0882-8     Document Type: Article

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