Functional adaptations to Island life in the West Indies

Biogeography of the West Indies: Patterns and Perspectives, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 55-62

  McNab, Brian K ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420039481     Document Type: Chapter

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