The ecology and biogeography of the endulen-laetoli area in northern Tanzania

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048199556, 2011, Pages 167-200

  Andrews, Peter ^a   Bamford, Marion K ^b   Njau, Efrem Fred ^c   Leliyo, Godson ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c TPRI   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Climate change; Geology; Habitat variability; Soils; Topography; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010300048     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9956-3_8     Document Type: Chapter

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