The geobiological interface: granitic outcrops as a selective force in mammalian evolution

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 131-139

  Mares, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GRANITE OUTCROP; MAMMAL;

EID: 0031390537     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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