A bridge too far. Comment on "Processes of island colonization by Oligo-Miocene land mammals in the central Mediterranean: New data from Scontrone (Abruzzo, Central Italy) and Gargano (Apulia, Southern Italy)" by P.P.A. Mazza and M. Rustioni [Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 267 (2008) 208-215]

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 279, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 128-130

  van den Hoek Ostende, Lars W ^a   Meijer, Hanneke J M ^a   van der Geer, Alexandra A E ^b  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apulia plateau; Insular evolution; Island biogeography; Mammalian evolution; Miocene; Sweepstake dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COLONIZATION; DATA ACQUISITION; FOSSIL RECORD; ISOLATED POPULATION; LAND BRIDGE; MAMMAL; MIOCENE;

ABRUZZI; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; L'AQUILA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SCONTRONE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67649105366     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.02.029     Document Type: Note

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