Turnover in burrowing rodents: The roles of competition and habitat change

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 311, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 242-255

  Calede, Jonathan J M ^a   Hopkins, Samantha S B ^a   Davis, Edward B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplodontidae; Geomyidae; Marmotini; Miocene; Mylagaulidae; Northern Great Basin

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; BURROWING; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GUILD; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PEDOGENESIS; RANGE EXPANSION; REPLACEMENT; RODENT; TURNOVER;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

APLODONTIDAE; GEOMYIDAE; HEMPHILLIA; MAMMALIA; MARMOTINI; MYLAGAULIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 81555204356     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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