Dietary changes of large herbivores in the Turkana Basin, Kenya from 4 to 1 Ma

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 37, 2015, Pages 11467-11472

  Cerling, Thure E ^a   Andanje, Samuel A ^b   Blumenthal, Scott A ^c   Brown, Francis H ^a   Chritz, Kendra L ^a   Harris, John M ^d   Hart, John A ^e   Kirera, Francis M ^f   Kaleme, Prince ^g,h   Leakey, Louise N ^i,j   Leakey, Meave G ^k   Levin, Naomi E ^l   Manthi, Fredrick Kyalo ^k   Passey, Benjamin H ^l   Uno, Kevin T ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^e Lukuru Foundation   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^f ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

^g Ctr de Rech en Sciences Naturelles   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^h UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

ⁱ Turkana Basin Institute   (Kenya)

^j STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^m International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BOVID; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOSYSTEM; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EQUIDAE; EVOLUTION; FOREST; FOSSIL; GIRAFFIDAE; GRASSLAND; GRAZER; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; HIPPOPOTAMIDAE; KENYA; NONHUMAN; PERISSODACTYLA; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBOSCIDEA (MAMMALS); SUID; ANIMAL; DIET; ECOLOGY; HERBIVORY; HOMINID; MAMMAL; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; RADIOMETRIC DATING; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; HERBIVORY; HOMINIDAE; KENYA; MAMMALS; PALEONTOLOGY; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SWINE;

EID: 84941687367     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1513075112     Document Type: Article

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