Flat latitudinal gradient in Paleocene mammal richness suggests decoupling of climate and biodiversity

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-166

  Rose, Peter J ^a   Fox, David L ^a   Marcot, Jonathan ^b   Badgley, Catherine ^c  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-APATITE; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; LAND MAMMALS; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; MASS EXTINCTION; NORTH AMERICAN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; PALEOCENE; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN;

MAMMALS;

BIODIVERSITY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MAMMAL; PALEOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78851469378     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31099.1     Document Type: Article

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