A critique of vole clocks

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-6

  Martin, Robert A ^a  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arvicolid; Pleistocene; Size change; Spain; Vole clock

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS;

ARVICOLID; CONSTANT VELOCITIES; FUNCTION OF TIME; MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS; PLEISTOCENE; SIZE CHANGE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL PROBLEMS;

CLOCKS;

AGE; BIOCHRONOLOGY; BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; COMMON ANCESTRY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOBIOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RODENT; TOOTH;

SPAIN;

EID: 84899153151     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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