Extinction and ecological retreat in a community of primates

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1742, 2012, Pages 3597-3605

  Crowley, Brooke E ^a   Godfrey, Laurie R ^b   Guilderson, Thomas P ^c   Zermeño, Paula ^c   Koch, Paul L ^d   Dominy, Nathaniel J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive release; Lemur; Madagascar; Niche contraction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; EXTINCTION RISK; NICHE BREADTH; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PRIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RIPARIAN ZONE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

MADAGASCAR;

LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 84864336907     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0727     Document Type: Article

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