Pleistocene mammals of Mediterranean islands

Quaternary International

Volumn 129, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 5-14

  Marra, Antonella Cinzia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; ISOLATED POPULATION; MAMMAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

ASIA; BALEARIC ISLANDS; CORSE; CRETE; CYPRUS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GREECE; ITALY; MALTA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; OCEANIC REGIONS; SARDINIA; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 11144223800     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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