Long-period astronomical forcing of mammal turnover

Nature

Volumn 443, Issue 7112, 2006, Pages 687-691

  Van Dam, Jan A ^a   Abdul Aziz, Hayfaa ^a,f   Sierra, M Ángeles Álvarez ^b   Hilgen, Frederik J ^a   Van Den Hoek Ostende, Lars W ^c   Lourens, Lucas J ^a   Mein, Pierre ^d   Van Der Meulen, Albert J ^a   Pelaez Campomanes, Pablo ^e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

MILANKOVITCH OSCILLATIONS; OBLIQUITY CYCLE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ASTRONOMY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; MAMMAL; TURNOVER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LIFESPAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RODENT; TURNOVER TIME;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33749824090     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05163     Document Type: Article

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