A glance to the past: Subfossils, stable isotopes, seed dispersal, and lemur species loss in Southern Madagascar

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-37

  Crowley, Brooke E ^a   Godfrey, Laurie R ^b   Irwin, Mitchell T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Seed dispersal; Spiny Thicket Ecoregion; Stable isotope; Subfossil lemur

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIRD; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARNIVORE; ECOREGION; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; HABITAT TYPE; MAMMAL; SEED DISPERSAL; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOSSIL; ISOTOPE LABELING; MADAGASCAR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TREE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOSSILS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MADAGASCAR; SEED DISPERSAL; STREPSIRHINI; TREES;

MADAGASCAR;

AVES; HEXAPROTODON; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 78649524021     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20817     Document Type: Article

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