Latitudinal patterns of range size: Methodological concerns and empirical evaluations for New World bats and marsupials

Oikos

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 568-580

  Lyons, S Kathleen ^a,c   Willig, Michael R ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Unit of Chicago ^*  (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METATHERIA;

BAT; GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MARSUPIAL;

EID: 0030617623     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546901     Document Type: Article

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