When and how did the Mikrotia fauna reach Gargano (Apulia, Italy)?

Geobios

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 105-109

  Freudenthal, Matthijs ^a,b   Van den Hoek Ostende, Lars W ^b   Martín Suárez, Elvira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gargano; Insular evolution; Island biogeography; Italy; Natural rafting

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COLONIZATION; EVOLUTION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MIGRATION; SMALL MAMMAL;

GARGANO PROMONTORY; ITALY; PUGLIA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84875513157     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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