THE subfossil occurrence and paleoecological significance of small mammals at ankilitelo cave, southwestern Madagascar

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1111-1131

  Muldoon, Kathleen M ^a,b   De Blieux, Donald D ^c   Simons, Elwyn L ^d   Chatrath, Prithijit S ^d  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^c UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Holocene; Madagascar; Range contraction; Small mammals; Subfossil; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; RANGE SIZE; RECONSTRUCTION; SMALL MAMMAL; SUBFOSSIL; TAXONOMY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

ARCHAEOLEMUR; BLARINA BREVICAUDA; CARNIVORA; GALIDIA ELEGANS; GALIDICTIS GRANDIDIERI; HYPOGEOMYS ANTIMENA; LEMUR; MAMMALIA; MEGALADAPIS; MICROGALE; MUNGOTICTIS DECEMLINEATA; PALAEOPROPITHECUS; PRIMATES; RATTUS; RODENTIA; STREPSIRHINI; TENREC; TENRECIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70350499829     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-242.1     Document Type: Article

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