Deconstructing mammal dispersals and faunal dynamics in SW Europe during the Quaternary

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 96, Issue , 2014, Pages 50-71

  Palombo, Maria Rita ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biochronology; Biodiversity; Dispersal; Large mammals; Pleistocene; SW Europe; Turnover

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MAMMALS;

BIOCHRONOLOGY; DISPERSAL; LARGE MAMMALS; PLEISTOCENE; SW EUROPE; TURNOVER;

MAMMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATABASE; DIACHRONISM; DISPERSAL; FAUNISTICS; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIES COMPLEX; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEONTOLOGY; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; TAXONOMY;

EUROPE;

AURELIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84903731253     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.05.013     Document Type: Article

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