Species accumulation over space and time in European Plio-Holocene mammals

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-188

  Raia, P ^a,b   Carotenuto, F ^a   Meloro, C ^c   Piras, P ^b,d   Barbera, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Center for Evolutionary Ecology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ice age mammals; Species area relationship; Species time relationship; Species time area relationship

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; MAMMAL; PLIOCENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

EURASIA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 78650502455     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9392-3     Document Type: Article

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