Does climatic change drive mammalian evolution?

GSA Today

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Prothero, Donald R ^a  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVOLUTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033392791     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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