North American desert rodents: A test of the mid-domain effect in species richness

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 967-980

  McCain, Christy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Binomial null model; Bounded ranges; Desert rodents; Mid domain effect; RangeModel; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; RODENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA;

RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141680792     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BJK-026     Document Type: Article

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