Precipitation and large herbivorous mammals II: Application to fossil data

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-248

  Eronen, J T ^a   Puolamaki K ^b   Liu, L ^a,c   Lintulaakso, K ^a   Damuth, J ^d   Janis, C ^e   Fortelius, M ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate; Eurasia; Fossil mammals; Hypsodonty; Neogene; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77949818641     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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