Diversity, distribution, and conservation of endemic island rodents

Quaternary International

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-15

  Amori, Giovanni ^a   Gippoliti, Spartaco ^b   Helgen, Kristofer M ^c,d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Pistoia Zoological Garden ^*  (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION; FUTURE PROSPECT; NATURE CONSERVATION; QUATERNARY; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; ECUADOR; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; JAPAN; MADAGASCAR; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MELANESIA; NEW GUINEA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; RYUKYU ISLANDS; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 42949128215     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.05.014     Document Type: Article

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