Mammalian beta diversity in the Great Basin, western USA: Palaeontological data suggest deep origin of modern macroecological structure

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 479-490

  Davis, Edward Byrd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Climate change; Desert ecosystem; Gamma diversity; Great Basin; Great Plains; Palaeoecology; Tectonic change

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DESERT; MACROECOLOGY; MAMMAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HEMPHILLIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 28244489351     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822x.2005.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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