Elevational ranges of lemurs in the humid forests of Madagascar

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 331-350

  Goodman, Steven M ^a,b   Ganzhorn, Jörg U ^c  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b WWF Antananarivo   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elevational distribution; Historical geology; Lemurs; Madagascar; Primates

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; PRIMATE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942502903     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:IJOP.0000019155.33815.bf     Document Type: Review

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