Biogeography of Great Basin mammals: Paradigm lost?

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1111-1130

  Lawlor, Timothy E ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Great Basin; Mammal faunas; Mountaintops

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000763431     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383003     Document Type: Article

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