The effect of area and isolation on insular dwarf proboscideans

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1656-1666

  van der Geer, Alexandra A E ^a,b   van den Bergh, Gerrit D ^a,c   Lyras, George A ^b   Prasetyo, Unggul W ^c,d   Due, Rokus Awe ^e   Setiyabudi, Erick ^d   Drinia, Hara ^b  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d Museum Geologi   (Indonesia)

^e National Research and Development Centre for Archaeology   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Elephas; fossil record; insularity; island biogeography; island rule; Palaeoloxodon; Pleistocene; Stegodon

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CORRELATION; ELEPHANT; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SURFACE AREA;

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS; MAMMALIA; PALAEOLOXODON; STEGODONTIDAE;

EID: 84960911338     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12743     Document Type: Article

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