Morphological chronoclines among late Pleistocene Muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus: Muridae, Rodentia) from Northern Florida

Quaternary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 289-295

  Mihlbachler, Matthew C ^a   Hemmings, C Andrew ^b   Webb, S David ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aucilla River; Chronocline; Evolution; Florida; Late Pleistocene; Muskrat; Ondatra; Rodent; Wisconsinan

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PLEISTOCENE; RODENT;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

MURIDAE; ONDATRA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036871504     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2002.2385     Document Type: Article

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