Patterns of maximum body size evolution in Cenozoic land mammals: Eco-evolutionary processes and abiotic forcing

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1784, 2014, Pages

  Saarinen, Juha J ^a   Boyer, Alison G ^b   Brown, James H ^c   Costa, Daniel P ^e   Morgan Ernest, S K ^f   Evans, Alistair R ^g   Fortelius, Mikael ^a   Gittleman, John L ^h   Hamilton, Marcus J ^c,d,i   Harding, Larisa E ^c   Lintulaakso, Kari ^a   Kathleen Lyons, S ^j   Okie, Jordan G ^c,k   Sibly, Richard M ^l   Stephens, Patrick R ^h   Theodor, Jessica ^m   Uhen, Mark D ⁿ   Smith, Felisa A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c Department of Biology ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

ⁱ SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^k ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

ⁿ GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Body size; Cenozoic; Evolution; Macroecology; Mammals; Maximum size frequency

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CENOZOIC; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MACROECOLOGY; MAMMAL; PALEOECOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANURA; CLIMATE CHANGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERTO RICO; SEASON; TROPIC CLIMATE; VOCALIZATION;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANURA; CLIMATE CHANGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERTO RICO; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84898670961     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2049     Document Type: Article

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