Rethinking the Palearctic-Oriental Biogeographic Boundary in Quaternary China

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048190935, 2011, Pages 81-100

  Norton, Christopher J ^a   Jin, Changzhu ^b   Wang, Yuan ^b   Zhang, Yingqi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biogeography; China; Migration corridor; Oriental; Palearctic; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045638163     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9094-2_7     Document Type: Chapter

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