Spatial Response of Mammals to Late Quaternary Environmental Fluctuations

Russell W. Graham; Ernest L. Lundelius; Mary Ann Graham; Erich K. Schroeder; Rickard S. Toomey; Elaine Anderson; Anthony D. Barnosky; James A. Burns; Charles S. Churcher; Donald K. Grayson; R. Dale Guthrie; C. R. Harington; George T. Jefferson; Larry D. Martin; H. Gregory McDonald; Richard E. Morlan; Holmes A. Semken; S. David Webb; Lars Werdelin; Michael C. Wilson; FAUNMAP Working Group

doi:10.1126/science.272.5268.1601

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Spatial Response of Mammals to Late Quaternary Environmental Fluctuations

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Spatial Response of Mammals to Late Quaternary Environmental Fluctuations

Russell W. Graham, Ernest L. Lundelius, Mary Ann Graham, Erich K. Schroeder, Rickard S. Toomey, Elaine Anderson, Anthony D. Barnosky, James A. Burns, Charles S. Churcher, Donald K. Grayson, …

Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Vol.272(5268), pp.1601-1606

06/14/1996

DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5268.1601

PMID: 8662471

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Abstract

Analyses of fossil mammal faunas from 2945 localities in the United States demonstrate that the geographic ranges of individual species shifted at different times, in different directions, and at different rates in response to late Quaternary environmental fluctuations. The geographic pattern of faunal provinces was similar for the late Pleistocene and late Holocene, but differing environmental gradients resulted in dissimilar species composition for these biogeographic regions. Modern community patterns emerged only in the last few thousand years, and many late Pleistocene communities do not have modern analogs. Faunal heterogeneity was greater in the late Pleistocene.

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Title: Subtitle: Spatial Response of Mammals to Late Quaternary Environmental Fluctuations
Creators: Russell W. Graham - Illinois State Museum
Ernest L. Lundelius - The University of Texas at Austin
Mary Ann Graham - Illinois State Museum
Erich K. Schroeder - Illinois State Museum
Rickard S. Toomey - Illinois State Museum
Elaine Anderson - E. Anderson, Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, CO 80205, USA
Anthony D. Barnosky - Montana State University
James A. Burns - Royal Alberta Museum
Charles S. Churcher - University of Toronto
Donald K. Grayson - University of Washington
R. Dale Guthrie - University of Alaska Fairbanks
C. R. Harington - Canadian Museum of Nature
George T. Jefferson - G. T. Jefferson, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, 200 Palm Canyon Drive, Borrego Springs, CA 92004, USA
Larry D. Martin - American Museum of Natural History
H. Gregory McDonald - Northrop Grumman
Richard E. Morlan - Musée de la Civilisation
Holmes A. Semken - University of Iowa
S. David Webb - Florida Museum of Natural History
Lars Werdelin - Swedish Museum of Natural History
Michael C. Wilson - Simon Fraser University
FAUNMAP Working Group
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Vol.272(5268), pp.1601-1606
DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5268.1601
PMID: 8662471
ISSN: 0036-8075
eISSN: 1095-9203
Language: English
Date published: 06/14/1996
Academic Unit: Earth and Environmental Sciences
Record Identifier: 9984516159802771

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