Paleobiology of herbivorous dinosaurs

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 207-230

  Barrett, Paul M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Feeding; Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystems; Paleoecology; Plant animal interactions

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDING;

CO-EVOLUTIONARY; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEER; EVOLUTION; FLORAL EVOLUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANT PRODUCTIVITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

ANIMALS;

ABUNDANCE; ANATOMY; BIOME; BODY SIZE; COEVOLUTION; DIET; DINOSAUR; HERBIVORE; PALEOBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA;

EID: 84902204249     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-042711-105515     Document Type: Review

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