Constant extinction, constrained diversification, and uncoordinated stasis in North American Mammals

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 285-311

  Alroy, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

biological diversity; Cenozoic; coordinated stasis; extinction; macroevolution; Mammalia

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; COORDINATED STASIS; DIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; MAMMAL; PALAEOECOLOGY;

EID: 0030595819     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00100-9     Document Type: Article

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