Mio-pliocene faunal exchanges and African biogeography: The record of fossil bovids

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Bibi, Faysal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FAUNA; FOSSIL ANIMAL; FOSSIL HOMINID; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HORN; MIOCENE; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PLIOCENE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; AFRICA; ANIMAL; ASIA; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; EUROPE; FOSSIL; HISTORY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

BOVIDAE; HOMINIDAE; KOBUS; PROSTREPSICEROS;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ASIA; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; EUROPE; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECORDS AS TOPIC; RUSSIA;

EID: 79951915575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016688     Document Type: Article

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