Ecological continuity between Lower and Upper Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 538-555

  Kovarovic, Kris ^a   Slepkov, Rebecca ^b   McNulty, Kieran P ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant correspondence analysis; Mammals; Palaeoecology; Resampling

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAMMAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TAPHONOMY;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; OLDUVAI GORGE; TANZANIA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84877655665     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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