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Was the Giant Short-Faced Bear a Hyper-Scavenger? A New Approach to the Dietary Study of Ursids Using Dental Microwear Textures

Dramatic environmental changes associated with global cooling since the late Miocene, and the onset of glacial-interglacial cycles in the Pleistocene served as a backdrop to the evolutionary radiation of modern bears (family Ursidae). These environmental changes likely prompted changes in food avail...

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Autores principales: Donohue, Shelly L., DeSantis, Larisa R. G., Schubert, Blaine W., Ungar, Peter S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3813673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24204860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077531