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. [tier=gold indep_score=1.0 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Cenogram (wikipedia)
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018208006299 (corroboration)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK231933/ (corroboration)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233918870_Palaeoecological_analyses_of_Riversleigh's_Oligo-Miocene_sites_Implications_for_Oligo-Miocene_climate_change_in_Australia (corroboration)
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41513-020-00131-2 (corroboration)