Using palaeontological data to assess mammalian community structure: Potential aid in conservation planning

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 372, Issue , 2013, Pages 138-146

  Stegner, M Allison ^a   Holmes, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional groups; Mammals; NEOMAP; Northern Great Plains

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA SET; EXTINCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GLOBAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; MAMMAL; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TAPHONOMY; THRESHOLD;

GREAT PLAINS;

HEMPHILLIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84873746357     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.04.019     Document Type: Article

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