The imprint of Cenozoic migrations and evolutionary history on the biogeographic gradient of body size in new world mammals

American Naturalist

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 246-256

  Morales Castilla, Ignacio ^a   Olalla Tárraga, Miguel Á ^a,b   Purvis, Andy ^b   Hawkins, Bradford A ^c   Rodríguez, Miguel Á ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allochthonous; Autochthonous; Body size; Great American Biotic Interchange; Mammal; Niche conservatism

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; AUTOCHTHONY; BODY SIZE; CENOZOIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EXTINCTION; MAMMAL; MIGRATION; NICHE BREADTH; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMALS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICA;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84863648017     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666608     Document Type: Article

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