Ecogeographic size variation in small-bodied subfossil primates from Ankilitelo, southwestern Madagascar

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 152-161

  Muldoon, Kathleen M ^a,b   Simons, Elwyn L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Malagasy primates; Morphometrics; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ECOGEOGRAPHY; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MADAGASCAR; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; RAIN FOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TOOTH SIZE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; MADAGASCAR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMATES;

EID: 34548720966     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20651     Document Type: Article

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