Faunal turnover patterns in the Pliocene and Pleistocene of southern Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 111-113

  McKee, Jeffrey K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FAUNAL TURNOVER; HOMINID; PALAEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

AFRICA;

EID: 0030455904     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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