How did environmental disturbances affect carnivoran diversity? A case study of the Plio-Pleistocene Carnivora of the North-Western Mediterranean

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 569-589

  Palombo, Maria Rita ^a,b   Alberdi, Maria Teresa ^c   Azanza, Beatriz ^d   Giovinazzo, Caterina ^a   Prado, José Luis ^e   Sardella, Raffaele ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carnivora; Diversity; North Western Mediterranean; Pleistocene; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BODY MASS; CARNIVORE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CARNIVORA;

EID: 70349706239     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-008-9256-2     Document Type: Article

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