Intercontinental dispersal of giant thermophilic ants across the Arctic during early Eocene hyperthermals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1725, 2011, Pages 3679-3686

  Bruce Archibald, S ^a,b,c   Johnson, Kirk R ^d   Mathewes, Rolf W ^a   Greenwood, David R ^e  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RoyBC Mus   (Canada)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^e BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Formicidae; Formiciinae; Holarctic dispersal; Hyperthermals; Titanomyrma

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BODY SIZE; DISPERSAL; EOCENE; EXTINCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOLARCTIC REGION; LAND BRIDGE; MIGRATION; PALEOCENE; THERMOPHILY;

EUROPE; GREEN RIVER; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; FORMICIINAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 80855136384     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0729     Document Type: Article

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