Decoupling the spread of grasslands from the evolution of grazer-type herbivores in South America

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Strömberg, Caroline A E ^a   Dunn, Regan E ^a   Madden, Richard H ^b   Kohn, Matthew J ^c   Carlini, Alfredo A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CENOZOIC; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DENTITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOSSIL RECORD; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; MAMMAL;

ARTICLE; EOCENE; EVOLUTION; FOREST; FOSSIL; GRASSLAND; HABITAT; HERBIVORE; HYPSODONTY; NONHUMAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; HERBIVORY; POACEAE; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84874643683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2508     Document Type: Article

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