The Great American Biotic Interchange: A South American Perspective

by Alberto Luis Cione, Leopoldo Hector Soibelzon, Esteban Soibelzon, et al.

South American ecosystems suffered one of the greatest biogeographical events, after the establishment of the Panamian land bridge, called the "Great American Biotic Interchange" (GABI). This refers to the exchange, in several phases, of land mammals between the Americas; this event started during the late Miocene with the appearance of the Holartic Procyonidae (Huayquerian Age) in South America and continues today. The major phases of mammalian dispersal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401797919
• ISBN13: 9789401797917
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 97 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"