Cenograms are used in studying ancient communities to draw conclusions about a biome, including whether it is species rich, its relative humidity, and its level of forestation.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent peer-reviewed and academic sources confirm cenograms (body-size distribution plots of mammal faunas) are used to reconstruct paleoenvironmental features like humidity, forestation, and species richness.
Sources
- Cenogram (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018208006299 (sciencedirect.com)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK231933/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233918870_Palaeoecological_analyses_of_Riversleigh's_Oligo-Miocene_sites_Implications_for_Oligo-Miocene_climate_change_in_Australia (researchgate.net)
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41513-020-00131-2 (link.springer.com)