Neogene/Quaternary mammalian migrations in Eastern Mediterranean

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-190

  Koufos, George D ^a   Kostopoulos, Dimitris S ^a   Vlachou, Theodora D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean; Faunal changes; Mammalia; Migration; Neogene Quaternary; Paleobiogeography

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; MIGRATION; NEOGENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY;

CERVIDAE; ELEPHANTIDAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 31944445602     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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