Evolution of Chinese mammalian faunal regions and elevation of the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1246-1258

  Qiu, Zhuding ^a   Li, Chuankui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Mammals; Qinghai Xizang (Tibet) Plateau; Zoogeographic provinces

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LITHOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; MAMMALS; QINGHAI-XIZANG (TIBET) PLATEAU; ZOOGEOGRAPHIC PROVINCES;

BIODIVERSITY;

CENOZOIC; ELEVATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PLATEAU; ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33746345876     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yd0523     Document Type: Article

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