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| Nijman, V.; Meijaard, E.. |
| Given its complex zoogeography and large number of islands insular Southeast Asia makes an excellent subject for studying the interrelationships of species richness, island area and isolation. The islands are merely highpoints of an immense shallow continental shelf which during Pleistocene glacial periods was exposed periodically as dry land connecting the now isolated islands with one another. The area is home to a large number of primate taxa, including many endemic to the region (Nasalis, Presbytis, Pongo, Symphalangus, Simias, Tarsius). Worldwide, the number of described (extant) species of primates has doubled in the last two decades partially as a result of applying a different species concept (viz. Phylogenetic Species Concept PSC as opposed to the... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Endemism; Extinction; Island biogeography; Phylogeny; Species concepts; Sunda Shelf; 42.84. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/280480 |
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