Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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Page 227
... increase in numbers of R. norvegicus ( Glue 1967 : 180 ) , so that the increase apparent in the pellets was due solely to a reduction in the major prey item . It is unfortunate that it probably would not be possible to detect such a ...
... increase in numbers of R. norvegicus ( Glue 1967 : 180 ) , so that the increase apparent in the pellets was due solely to a reduction in the major prey item . It is unfortunate that it probably would not be possible to detect such a ...
Page 317
... increase in dense vegetation , together with a decrease in the restioid or ' grassy ' element on the hillsides , is indicated . There was also an increase in sparse , possibly semi - arid , scrub on the hillsides , but a disappearance ...
... increase in dense vegetation , together with a decrease in the restioid or ' grassy ' element on the hillsides , is indicated . There was also an increase in sparse , possibly semi - arid , scrub on the hillsides , but a disappearance ...
Page 321
... increase in another type of vegetation , it is suggested that the sea - level was higher during this period and that there was actually less level ground available . It may also be that an expansion of neighbouring sand - dunes reduced ...
... increase in another type of vegetation , it is suggested that the sea - level was higher during this period and that there was actually less level ground available . It may also be that an expansion of neighbouring sand - dunes reduced ...
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Aethomys afra africana Agulhas Bank analysis andersoni Bairdoppilata Bay BH-9 borehole BLD3 Boomplaas Byneskranskop Bythocypris Campanian Campanian-Maastrichtian capensis carapace cent climate correlation Cretaceous Crocidura Crocidura flavescens Cryptomys cytheracean Dendromus dense vegetation Dingle distribution dorsal Dutoitella dutoiti environmental environments fauna fynbos genera genus grass Haughtonileberis Hermanites highly on Factor hillsides Holocene Holotype hottentotus Indet indicate Kelders Klinger krebsi last glacial maximum late Campanian/early Maastrichtian levels loading highly locality lower mandible Mfolozi River micromammalian evidence Monzi monziensis Myosorex Myosorex varius namaquensis Needs Camp Nelson Bay Nibela Peninsula nibelaensis number of valves occurs Oertliella Oreotragus ostracod ostracod assemblages Otomys irroratus outcrops palaeoecology palaeoenvironmental parameters Paratypes period Praomys proportions pumilio represented Rhabdomys Richards Bay Richards Bay BH-9 samples Santonian saundersae Scale bars scrub sequence south-east Africa southern Cape species specimens Steatomys suggested Table Tatera Total number Trachyleberis Umzamba Unicapella verreauxi Zululand zululandensis