Size variation in the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) and late Quaternary climatic change in South Africa

Quaternary Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-207

  Klein, Richard G ^a   Cruz Uribe, Kathryn ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; PROCAVIA CAPENSIS; PROCAVIIDAE; TAUROTRAGUS;

BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYRAX; HYRAX SIZE; PALAEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY (LATE); QUATERNARY CLIMATE; RAINFALL; ROCK HYRAX;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030423109     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.0059     Document Type: Article

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