Two-phase extinction of "Southern Hemispheric" birds in the Cenozoic of Europe and the origin of the Neotropic avifauna

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 325-333

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Climatic cooling; Fossil birds; Grande coupure

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; CENOZOIC; COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGENE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REFUGIUM; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUCCESSION; TAXONOMY;

EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 84857644922     PISSN: 18671594     EISSN: 18671608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12549-011-0062-4     Document Type: Article

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