A method for inferring paleohabitats from the functional morphology of bovid astragali

By D. Degusta, E. Vrba. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Paleontology, Social Psychology

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In Ecology

1. T. Plummer
2. L. Bishop
3. F. Hertel
4. D. Degusta
5. E. Vrba
6. J. Kingston
7. Thomas M. Kaiser
8. J. Hummel

In Paleontology

1. T. Plummer
2. L. Bishop
3. F. Hertel
4. D. Degusta
5. E. Vrba
6. J. Kingston
7. Thomas M. Kaiser
8. J. Hummel

In Social Psychology

1. F. Hertel
2. T. Plummer
3. L. Bishop
4. D. Degusta
5. E. Vrba
6. J. Kingston
7. T. Harrison

Citations in the corpus

• Habitat preference of extant African bovids based on astragalus morphology: operationalizing ecomorphology for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction (2008, methodology): “The use of cranial and postcranial ecomorphology to generate palaeoenvironmental information is becoming more common in palaeoanthropology (DeGusta and Vrba, 2003, 2005; Kovarovic and Andrews, 2007; Plummer and Bishop, 1994; Scott et al., 1999; Spencer, 1997).”
• Isotopic dietary reconstructions of Pliocene herbivores at Laetoli: Implications for early hominin paleoecology (2007, background): “…of bovid tribes (Vrba, 1980, 1985; Shipman and Harris, 1988), ecomorphology based on postcranial indices (Plummer and Bishop, 1994; Kappelman et al., 1997; DeGusta and Vrba, 2003; Kovarovic, 2004; White et al., 2006), and cranio-dental feeding adaptations (Spencer, 1997; Sponheimer et al., 1999).”
• Methods for inferring paleohabitats from the functional morphology of bovid phalanges (2005, methodology): “We used the four-category scheme of Kappelman et al. [11], but performed our own assignment of bovid taxa to habitat categories [ 2 ].”
• The Morphophysiological Adaptations of Browsing and Grazing Mammals (2008, background): “many correlations between postcranial skeleton parameters and habitat have been demonstrated in bovids (Scott 1985; 1987; Kappelman 1988; Köhler 1993; Plummer and Bishop 1994; Kappelmann et al. 1997; DeGusta and Vrba 2003; DeGusta and Vrba 2005a; DeGusta and Vrba 2005b; Mendoza and Palmqvist 2006b).”