Biogeography of the 'Lost World': A palaeoecological perspective

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 125-137

  Rull, Valentí ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Endemism; Guayana; Palaeoecology; Pantepui; Quaternary; South America; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ISOLATED POPULATION; PALEOECOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

GUYANA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11144322749     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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