The origin and spread of grass-dominated ecosystems in the late Tertiary of North America: Preliminary results concerning the evolution of hypsodonty

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 59-75

  Strömberg, Caroline A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Miocene; North America; Oligocene; Paleoecology; Phytoliths

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; GRASSLAND; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYTOLITH; TERTIARY;

UNITED STATES;

CYPERACEAE; DICOTYLEDONEAE; EUDICOTYLEDONS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0037022026     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00352-2     Document Type: Article

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