IMPOVERISHMENT AND NESTEDNESS IN CAVIOMORPH ASSEMBLAGES

被引:13
作者
SIMONETTI, JA
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关键词
CAVIOMORPHA; CHILE; HOLOCENE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; NESTEDNESS;
D O I
10.2307/1382479
中图分类号
Q95 [动物学];
学科分类号
071002 ;
摘要
Comparisons of species composition in prehistoric (8.0 x 10(3) to 1.2 x 10(3) years ago) and contemporary assemblages of caviomorphs from central Chile reveal that species richness has decreased through the Holocene. The local extinction of two species, Aconaemys fuscus and Octodon bridgesi, suggests that current assemblages are impoverished and nested subsets of prehistoric caviomorph assemblages.
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页码:979 / 984
页数:6
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