Mammals of south-east Asian islands and their late Pleistocene environments

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1245-1257

  Meijaard, Erik ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Mammal; Palaeoenvironment; Pleistocene; Sea levels; South east Asia

Indexed keywords

ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL;

ASIA;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042522563     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00890.x     Document Type: Article

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