Ecogeographical stability and climate forcing in the Late Miocene (Vallesian) rodent record of Spain

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 169-189

  Casanovas Vilar, Isaac ^a   Agustí, Jordi ^b  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEONTOLOGIA MIQUEL CRUSAFONT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Iberian Peninsula; Miocene; Paleobiogeography; Paleoclimatology; Rodents; Vallesian

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RODENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; VALLESIAN;

DUERO BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

RODENTIA; VALLESIA;

EID: 34247170274     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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