Early to Middle Pleistocene dynamics of plant and mammal communities in South West Europe

Quaternary International

Volumn 288, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-72

  Magri, Donatella ^a   Palombo, Maria Rita ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FAUNA; MAMMAL; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

FRANCE; ITALY; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84873711729     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.02.028     Document Type: Article

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