Species as units of analysis in ecology and biogeography: Are the blind leading the blind?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 213-217

  Kelt, Douglas A ^a   Brown, James H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Conservation biology; Desert small mammals; Evolutionary significant units; Macroecology; North America; Rodents; Species as entities

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MAMMAL;

EID: 0033931233     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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