Environment and evolution through the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 246-253

  Gingerich, Philip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY;

ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; MAMMAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MAMMALS;

ARTIODACTYLA; MAMMALIA; PERISSODACTYLA; PRIMATES;

EID: 33646364016     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2006.03.006     Document Type: Review

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