Phylogeographic analysis of the true lemurs (genus Eulemur) underlines the role of river catchments for the evolution of micro-endemism in Madagascar

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Markolf, Matthias ^a   Kappeler, Peter M ^a,b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Centers of endemism; Eulemur; Madagascar; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

EULEMUR; EULEMUR FULVUS; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MYA;

EID: 84887378421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-10-70     Document Type: Article

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