Paleoenvironments and climatic changes in the Italian Peninsula during the Early Pleistocene: Evidence from dental wear patterns of the ungulate community of Coste San Giacomo

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 121, Issue , 2015, Pages 28-35

  Strani, Flavia ^a   DeMiguel, Daniel ^b   Sardella, Raffaele ^a   Bellucci, Luca ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artiodactyls; Climate; Dietary partitioning; Mesowear; Palaeoecology; Palaeoenvironment; Perissodactyls; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARTIODACTYLS; CLIMATE; DIETARY PARTITIONING; MESOWEAR; PALAEOECOLOGY; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PERISSODACTYLS; PLEISTOCENE;

ECOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DENTAL HEALTH; DISPERSAL; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HABITAT MOSAIC; HETEROGENEITY; MAMMAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; UNGULATE;

ITALIAN PENINSULA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ARTIODACTYLA; AXIS (DEER); BOVIDAE; CERVIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS STENONIS; EUCLADOCEROS; GAZELLA; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84930206662     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.05.008     Document Type: Article

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