An attempt at reconstructing Eocene food webs in and around Lake Messel

Author(s)
David-Kay Ferguson
Abstract

Based on information from gut contents, coprolites, dentition, feeding traces, the diets of the nearest living relatives, and the modes of plant dispersal, an attempt is made to reconstruct the food webs in and around Lake Messel. Suggestions are made for improving the proposed schemes.

Organisation(s)
Department of Palaeontology
Journal
Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg : CFS
Pages
217-244
No. of pages
28
ISSN
0341-4116
Publication date
2003
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
105118 Palaeontology
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/d1b5a9cd-ea96-4244-8cdc-2fca8f86807e