Biogeography of dwarf lemurs: Genetic evidence for unexpected patterns in southeastern Madagascar

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 873-901

  Hapke, Andreas ^a,b,c   Fietz, Joanna ^d   Nash, Stephen D ^e   Rakotondravony, Daniel ^f   Rakotosamimanana, Berthe ^g   Ramanamanjato, Jean Baptiste ^h   Randria, Gisèle F N ^f   Zischler, Hans ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^g Groupe d'Etude et de Recherche sur les Primates de Madagascar (GERP)   (Madagascar)

^h QIT Madagascar Minerals SA   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cheirogaleus; Mitochondrial DNA; Museum specimens

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CHEIROGALEUS; CHEIROGALEUS CROSSLEYI; CHEIROGALEUS MAJOR; CHEIROGALEUS MEDIUS; LEMURIDAE; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 23844477690     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-005-5327-0     Document Type: Article

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