The modern effect of climate on plants and animals is well documented. Some have
cautioned against assigning climate a direct role in Cenozoic land mammal faunal changes …

The Cenozoic succession of continental mammalian faunas reflects the climatic shift from a"
greenhouse" to an" icehouse" world. In midcontinental North America, where the most nearly …

During the first 10–20 Kyr of the Eocene temperatures warmed by 4–8° C in middle and high
latitudes, then cooled again over the succeeding∼ 200 Kyr. Major changes in the …

An appraisal of Paleogene floral and land mammal faunal dynamics in South America
suggests that both biotic elements responded at rate and extent generally comparable to …

We compare refined data sets for Atlantic benthic foraminiferal oxygen isotope ratios and for
North American mammalian diversity, faunal turnover, and body mass distributions. Each …

Through the Cenozoic, paleoclimate records show general trends of global cooling and
increased aridity, and environments in North America shifted from predominantly forests to …

Aim Although sharing many similarities in their vegetation types, South America and Africa
harbour very dissimilar recent mammal faunas, not only taxonomically but also in terms of …

Mid-Pleistocene vertebrates in North America are scarce but important for recognizing the
ecological effects of climatic change in the absence of humans. We report on a uniquely rich …

Diversity patterns of mammalian faunas from the Bridgerian through Arikareean Land
Mammal" Ages"(middle Eocene to Oligocene, ca. 50-24 million years ago) are discussed in …

Cities and agricultural fields encroach on the most fertile, habitable terrestrial landscapes,
fundamentally altering global ecosystems. Today, 75% of terrestrial ecosystems are …