Extinction of the autochthonous small mammals of Mallorca (Gymnesic Islands, Western Mediterranean) and its ecological consequences

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1112-1122

  Bover, Pere ^b   Alcover, Josep Antoni ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic extinctions; Asoriculus hidalgoi; Disease; Eliomys morpheus; Holocene extinctions; Island ecology; Last occurrence date; Mallorca; Mediterranean islands

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHONY; CHRONOLOGY; DISEASE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOLOCENE; ISLAND; PLEISTOCENE; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GYMNESIC ISLANDS; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ELIOMYS; ELIOMYS QUERCINUS; MAMMALIA; MYOXIDAE; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE; SORICOMORPHA;

EID: 43449135911     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01839.x     Document Type: Article

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