Stable isotope ecology of miocene bovids from northern greece and the ape/monkey turnover in the balkans

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-198

  Merceron, Gildas ^a,b   Kostopoulos, Dimitris S ^c   Bonis, Louis de ^a   Fourel, François ^b   Koufos, George D ^c   Lécuyer, Christophe ^b,d   Martineau, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Europe; Neogene; Oxygen isotopes; Primates; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; EXTINCTION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MIOCENE; NEOGENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PRIMATE; RUMINANT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BALKANS; GREECE;

BOVIDAE; CERCOPITHECOIDEA; HAPLORHINI; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; OURANOPITHECUS; POACEAE; PRIMATES;

CARBON; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BALKAN PENINSULA; BIODIVERSITY; BOVIDS; CATARRHINI; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GREECE; NEOGENE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; TOOTH;

CARBON ISOTOPES; EUROPE; NEOGENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PRIMATES; RUMINANTS;

ANIMALS; BALKAN PENINSULA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARBON ISOTOPES; CATARRHINI; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; GREECE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALEONTOLOGY; RUMINANTS; TOOTH;

EID: 84881613439     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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