Rodents and climate. 1. A model for estimating past temperatures using arvicolids (Mammalia: Rodentia)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 187-206

  Montuire, Sophie ^a   Michaux, Jacques ^b   Legendre, Serge ^a   Aguilar, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Arvicolinae; climate; diversity; estimation; Rodentia; temperature

Indexed keywords

ARVICOLINAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

ARVICOLID; MAMMAL; PALAEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; RODENT; TEMPERATURE;

FRANCE, JURA, BAUME DE GIGNY; HUNGARY;

EID: 0030944976     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00038-7     Document Type: Article

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