Functional convergence of ecosystems: Evidence from body mass distributions of north American late miocene mammal faunas

Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-118

  Lambert, W David ^a  

^a Louisiana School for Math   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Convergence; Landscape; Mammals; Miocene; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FAUNA; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

GREAT PLAINS; GULF COASTAL PLAIN; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33645818345     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-005-0076-8     Document Type: Article

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