The species richness of Miocene browsers, and implications for habitat type and primary productivity in the North American grassland biome

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 207, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 371-398

  Janis, Christine M ^a   Damuth, John ^b   Theodor, Jessica M ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities; Grasslands; Herbivorous taxa; Mammalia; Miocene; Productivity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HERBIVORE; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNGULATE;

MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 2642550142     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2003.09.032     Document Type: Article

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