Late Neogene and Early Quaternary Paleoenvironmental and Paleoclimatic Conditions in Southwestern Europe: Isotopic Analyses on Mammalian Taxa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Domingo, Laura ^a   Koch, Paul L ^a   Hernández Fernández, Manuel ^b,c   Fox, David L ^d   Domingo, M Soledad ^e   Alberdi, María Teresa ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EUROPE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FAUNA; GLACIATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NEOGENE; NONHUMAN; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAXONOMIC RANK; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; DENTAL ENAMEL; DIET; FOSSILS; MAMMALS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84878126181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063739     Document Type: Article

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