The evolution of grass-dominated ecosystems during the late Cenozoic

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 207, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 199-201

  Strömberg, Caroline A E ^a   Feranec, Robert S ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; GRASSLAND; PALEOECOLOGY;

EID: 2642533036     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.01.017     Document Type: Editorial

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