Paleobiology and Extinction of Proboscideans in the Great Lakes Region of North America

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402087929, 2009, Pages 55-75

  Fisher, Daniel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Life history; Mammoth; Mastodon; Season of death; Tusk growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904136945     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8793-6_4     Document Type: Chapter

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