Dietary characterization of terrestrial mammals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1789, 2014, Pages

  Pineda Munoz, Silvia ^a   Alroy, John ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary specialization; Ecomorphology; Mammal ecology; Mammal palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DATA SET; DIETARY SHIFT; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MAMMAL; OMNIVORY; PALEOECOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARDIZATION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84903955263     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1173     Document Type: Article

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