Habitat changes and changing predatory habits in North American fossil canids

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Figueirido, B ^a   Martin Serra A ^a   Tseng, Z J ^b   Janis, C M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; PERMETHRIN;

CANID; CARNIVORE; COEVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORE; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOCENE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLEISTOCENE; PREDATOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANIDAE; CARNIVORE; CHATTIAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL; GRASSLAND; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLEISTOCENE; PREDATION; SPECIES HABITAT; UPPER MIOCENE; VEGETATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA;

CANIDAE; MAMMALIA; POACEAE;

ANIMALS; CANIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; NORTH AMERICA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84939634733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8976     Document Type: Article

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