Latitudinal patterns in range sizes of New World woodpeckers

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-69

  Husak, Michael S ^a   Husak, Amanda L ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PICIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037360323     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0061:LPIRSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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