Causes of lineage decline in the Aplodontidae: Testing for the influence of physical and biological change

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 246, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 331-353

  Hopkins, Samantha S B ^a  

^a NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Ecosystems; Paleoecology; Rodentia; Terrestrial environment

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL RECORD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYTOLITH; POPULATION DECLINE; RODENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION HISTORY;

APLODONTIA RUFA; APLODONTIDAE; APLODONTIIDAE; CASTORIDAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 33947155234     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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