Extreme insular dwarfism evolved in a mammoth

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1741, 2012, Pages 3193-3200

  Herridge, Victoria L ^a   Lister, Adrian M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dwarf elephant; Insular dwarfism; Island rule; Mammuthus creticus; Palaeoloxodon; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MAMMOTH; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

ITALY; MALTA; SICILY;

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS ANTIQUUS; MAMMUTHUS; MAMMUTHUS MERIDIONALIS; PALAEOLOXODON;

EID: 84863867300     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0671     Document Type: Article

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