The Great American Biotic Interchange: Dispersals, Tectonics, Climate, Sea Level and Holding Pens

The Great American Biotic Interchange: Dispersals, Tectonics, Climate, Sea Level and Holding Pens

The biotic and geologic dynamics of the Great American Biotic Interchange are reviewed and revised. Information on the Marine Isotope Stage chronology, sea level changes as well as Pliocene and Pleistocene vegetation changes in Central and northern South America add to a discussion of the role of cl...

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Published in:Journal of mammalian evolution Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 245 - 264
Main Author: Woodburne, Michael O.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Boston Springer US 01-12-2010
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Animal Genetics and Genomics
Anthropology
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Evolutionary Biology
Human Genetics
Life Sciences
Marine
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Pleistocene
Sea level
Vegetation changes
ASW, South America
Biogeography
Central America
Pleistocene ice ages
Great American Biotic Interchange
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Summary:The biotic and geologic dynamics of the Great American Biotic Interchange are reviewed and revised. Information on the Marine Isotope Stage chronology, sea level changes as well as Pliocene and Pleistocene vegetation changes in Central and northern South America add to a discussion of the role of climate in facilitating trans-isthmian exchanges. Trans-isthmian land mammal exchanges during the Pleistocene glacial intervals appear to have been promoted by the development of diverse non-tropical ecologies.
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ISSN:1064-7554
1573-7055
DOI:10.1007/s10914-010-9144-8