Identification problems of arid environments in the Neogene-Quaternary mammal record of Spain

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 66, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 585-608

  Hernandez Fernandez M ^a,b   Alberdi, M T ^b   Azanza, B ^c   Montoya, P ^d   Morales, J ^b   Nieto, M ^e   Pelaez Campomanes P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cenograms; Ecological diversity; Mammalian communities; Miocene; Palaeoclimatology; Palaeoecology; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; NEOGENE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; QUATERNARY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33646392990     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.01.013     Document Type: Article

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