The climatic niche diversity of Malagasy primates: A phylogenetic perspective

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Kamilar, Jason M ^a   Muldoon, Kathleen M ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MADAGASCAR; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSIMIAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; PRIMATE;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; MADAGASCAR; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956192830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011073     Document Type: Article

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