Using cenograms to investigate gaps in mammalian body mass distributions in Australian mammals

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 272, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 69-84

  Travouillon, K J ^a,b   Legendre, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Australia; Body mass distribution; Cenogram; Environmental pressure; Habitat identification

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT; MAMMAL; NATIONAL PARK; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CANIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 58349104810     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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