The role of climatic change in the evolution of mammals

BioScience

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 523-532

  Barnosky, Anthony D ^a   Kraatz, Brian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Evolution; Mammals; Paleontology; Scientific method

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34250157742     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/B570615     Document Type: Article

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