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Size Variations in Atlantic, Subboreal and Modern Moose Teeth

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Climatic Changes on a Yearly to Millennial Basis

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It is well known that several mammalian species have changed in size since the Pleistocene. Degerbøl (1933) showed that carnivores in subfossil and archaeological materials in Denmark usually have decreased in size to the present time. Hooijer (1950) discusses the decrease in terms of a general trend during the Quaternary.

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  1. Museum of National Antiquities, Box 5405, S-114 84, Stockholm, Sweden

    Elisabeth Iregren

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  1. Geological Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden

    N.-A. Mörner

  2. Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Sweden

    W. Karlén

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Iregren, E. (1984). Size Variations in Atlantic, Subboreal and Modern Moose Teeth. In: Mörner, NA., Karlén, W. (eds) Climatic Changes on a Yearly to Millennial Basis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7692-5_23

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