Resource partitioning among top predators in a Miocene food web

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1750, 2013, Pages

  Soledad Domingo, M ^a   Domingo, Laura ^b   Badgley, Catherine ^a   Sanisidro, Oscar ^c   Morales, Jorge ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carnivoran; Miocene; Resource partitioning; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CANID; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARNIVORE; COEXISTENCE; ENAMEL; FELID; FOOD WEB; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MIOCENE; NICHE PARTITIONING; PREY CAPTURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMPATRY; WOODLAND;

MADRID BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 84869832330     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2138     Document Type: Article

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