Fossil Mice and Rats Show Isotopic Evidence of Niche Partitioning and Change in Dental Ecomorphology Related to Dietary Shift in Late Miocene of Pakistan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Kimura, Yuri ^a   Jacobs, Louis L ^a   Cerling, Thure E ^b   Uno, Kevin T ^b   Ferguson, Kurt M ^a   Flynn, Lawrence J ^c   Patnaik, Rajeev ^d  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EATING HABIT; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENAMEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST; FOSSIL ANIMAL; GRAZING; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; RADIOMETRIC DATING; RAT; SAVANNA; UPPER MIOCENE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD HABITS; FOSSILS; MICE; PAKISTAN; RATS; TOOTH;

EID: 84880977056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069308     Document Type: Article

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