Selective feeding in an early devonian terrestrial ecosystem

Palaios

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 509-522

  Edwards, Dianne ^a   Selden, Paul A ^b,c   Axe, Lindsey ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BODY SIZE; COPROLITE; CUTICLE; DEVONIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNGUS; ICHNOLOGY; MITE; NEW SPECIES; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 84865410667     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2011.p11-094r     Document Type: Article

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