Were Pleistocene hippopotamuses exposed to climate-driven body size changes?

Boreas

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 194-209

  Mazza, Paul P A ^a   Bertini, Adele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN RULE; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MAMMAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

BOREAS; HIPPOPOTAMIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84871607440     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2012.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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