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 2010-12, Vol.17 (4), p.245-264
Main Author: Woodburne, Michael O.
Format: Article
Language:English
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
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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.
ISSN:1064-7554
1573-7055
DOI:10.1007/s10914-010-9144-8