Expansion of open landscapes in Northern China during the Oligocene induced by dramatic climate changes: Paleoecological evidence

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 358-360, Issue , 2012, Pages 62-71

  Gomes Rodrigues, Helder ^a   Marivaux, Laurent ^a   Vianey Liaud, Monique ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Dental microwear; Eocene Oligocene boundary; Global cooling; Grasses; Mongolian Plateau; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; DENTITION; DIET; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FOSSIL RECORD; GRASS; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MAMMAL; OLIGOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; RODENT; TURNOVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODLAND;

CHINA; MONGOLIAN PLATEAU; NEI MONGGOL;

CRICETIDAE; CTENODACTYLIDAE; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; POACEAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 84865991496     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.07.025     Document Type: Article

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