The origin of platyrrhines: An evaluation of the Antarctic scenario and the floating island model

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 541-559

  Houle, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Biogeography; Dispersal; New World monkeys; Transoceanic migration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; HYPOTHESIS; MIGRATION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CEBIDAE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; WIND;

EID: 0032789485     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199908)109:4<541::AID-AJPA9>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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