Effects of errors in range maps on estimates of historical species richness of mammals in Canadian national parks

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 375-380

  Habib, Lucas D ^a   Wiersma, Yolanda F ^a   Nudds, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian national parks; Faunal relaxation; Historical mammal distributions; Range maps

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; PROTECTED AREA; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CANADA;

ILLINOIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037359950     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00820.x     Document Type: Article

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