Gray-brown Mouse Lemurs (Microcebus griseorufus) as an Example of Distributional Constraints through Increasing Desertification

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 901-913

  Bohr, Yvonne Eva Maria Barbara ^a   Giertz, Peggy ^a   Ratovonamana, Yedidya Rakotomalala ^b   Ganzhorn, Jörg Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Aridity; Climate change; Habitat quality; Madagascar; Microendemism

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; ENDEMISM; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HOT SPOT; RANGE SIZE;

MADAGASCAR;

LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS; MICROCEBUS GRISEORUFUS; MICROCEBUS RUFUS;

EID: 79960444751     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9509-8     Document Type: Article

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