Diversity dynamics of Miocene mammals in relation to the history of tectonism and climate

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1694, 2010, Pages 2721-2726

  Finarelli, John A ^a   Badgley, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; Diversity gradient; Macroevolution; Rodentia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; MACROECOLOGY; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 77956932205     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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