Low beta diversity of Maastrichtian dinosaurs of North America

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 8265-8268

  Vavrek, Matthew J ^a   Larsson, Hans C E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cretaceous; Macroecology; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA DIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY; FAUNA; MAASTRICHTIAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DINOSAURS; MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 77952334360     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913645107     Document Type: Article

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