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Modern botanical analogue of endangered Yak (Bos mutus) dung from India: Plausible linkage with extant and extinct megaherbivores

The study reports the micro- and macrobotanical remains on wild Yak dung, providing evidence for understanding the diet, habitat, and ecology of extant and extinct megaherbivores. Grasses are the primary diet of the yak as indicated by the abundance of grass pollen and phytoliths. Other associated n...

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Autores principales: Basumatary, Sadhan K., Singh, Hukam, McDonald, H. Gregory, Tripathi, Swati, Pokharia, Anil K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6402692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30840629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202723