Evolution in the hypervariable environment of Madagascar

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 104, Issue 34, 2007, Pages 13723-13727

  Dewar, Robert E ^a   Richard, Alison F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Life history; Mammals; Unpredictability

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; MADAGASCAR; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SURVIVAL; TROPICS; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; TIME;

AVES; HERPESTIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; TENRECIDAE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; MADAGASCAR; MAMMALS; RAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35348924791     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0704346104     Document Type: Article

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