Connections, disjunctions and endemism in the eastern and southern african mammal faunas

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 233-255

  Coe, M J ^a   Skinner, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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EID: 0009266890     PISSN: 0035919X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00359199309520273     Document Type: Article

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