Influence of continental history on the ecological specialization and macroevolutionary processes in the mammalian assemblage of South America: Differences between small and large mammals

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Bofarull, Ana Moreno ^a,b   Royo, Antón Arias ^a   Fernández, Manuel Hernández ^c,d   Ortiz Jaureguizar, Edgardo ^e   Morales, Jorge ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Universidad Complutense de Madrid CSIC   (Spain)

^e FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^f MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BAT; BIOME; CARNIVORA; CLADISTICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; EDENTATA; EVOLUTION; GLACIAL PERIOD; HERBIVORE; INSECTIVORA; LAGOMORPH; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PERISSODACTYLA; PRIMATE; RODENT; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; VICARIANCE; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ARTIODACTYLA; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SPECIATION; MAMMALS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 42549149201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-97     Document Type: Article

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