Great Basin mammal diversity in relation to landscape history

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1090-1106

  Badgley, Catherine ^a   Smiley, Tara M ^a   Finarelli, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

biogeography; diversification; Great Basin; mammals; Miocene Climatic Optimum; topography

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOSSIL RECORD; LANDSCAPE; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; NEOGENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; MYA; RODENTIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84920372747     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/13-MAMM-S-088     Document Type: Article

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