Zoogeography of mammals from islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2690

By

Koopman, Karl F.

Diamond, Jared M.

Type

Material

Computer file

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1979

Notes

Title from caption.

"November 2, 1979."

"The American Museum of Natural History received two ... collections of mammals collected by Jared Diamond from several islands off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea (Karkar, Bagabag, Crown, Long, Tolokiwa, Umboi, Sakar)."

"The mammal faunas of seven islands lying off the northeast coast of New Guinea and adjacent to the Bismarck Archipelago have been studied. While a number of characteristic New Guinea elements are lacking, the faunas show a mixture of New Guinea and New Britain (Bismarck) elements. An attempt is made to explain the presence or absence of various Megachiroptera on these and other islands in the Bismarck area in terms of 'incidence functions,' but it is evident that the data are inadequate to go very far in this direction"--P. [1].

Subjects

Bismarck Archipelago , Geographical distribution , Island animals , Mammals , Melanesia , New Britain Island , New Guinea , Papua New Guinea

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2690, 1979

Language

English

Identifiers

LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/79128933
OCLC: 6356713