Micromammals in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, past and present

African Natural History

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-39

  Avery, D Margaret ^a   Avery, Graham ^a,b  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Distribution; Holocene; Micromammals; Modern; Northern cape province; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877316740     PISSN: 18168396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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