Resource partitioning and niche separation between mammoths (Mammuthus rumanus and Mammuthus meridionalis) and gomphotheres (Anancus arvernensis) in the Early Pleistocene of Europe

Quaternary International

Volumn 379, Issue , 2015, Pages 164-170

  Rivals, Florent ^a,b,c   Mol, Dick ^d   Lacombat, Frédéric ^e   Lister, Adrian M ^f   Semprebon, Gina M ^g  

^a INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^d Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^e Musée de Paléontologie de Chilhac Place de l'Église   (France)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^g Bay Path College   (United States)

Author keywords

Niche separation; Palaeodiet; Proboscidea; Resource partitioning; Tooth microwear

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; MAMMOTH; NICHE PARTITIONING; PALEOBIOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

EUROPE;

MAMMUTHUS; MAMMUTHUS MERIDIONALIS;

EID: 84940593727     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.12.031     Document Type: Article

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