Distribution of four-eyed opossum, Philander opossum (Marsupialia, Didelphidae) on small islands in Panama

Mammalia

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-99

  Adler, G H ^a   Seamon, J O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIDELPHIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PHILANDER OPOSSUM;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GREY FOUR-EYED OPOSSUM; ISLAND ISOLATION; ISLAND SIZE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

PANAMA, GATUN LAKE;

EID: 0029659633     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1996.60.1.91     Document Type: Article

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