Climate change and faunal turnover: Testing the mechanics of the turnover-pulse hypothesis with South African fossil data

Paleobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 609-627

  Faith, J Tyler ^a   Behrensmeyer, Anna K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTINCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MIGRATION; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TURNOVER; UNGULATE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

UNGULATA;

EID: 84897420089     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/12043     Document Type: Article

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