Mensural discrimination between Reithrodontomys megalotis and R. montanus using cranial characters

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-101

  Hoofer, Steven R ^a,b   Choate, Jerry R ^a   Mandrak, Nicholas E ^a,c  

^a FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cranial morphometrics; Discriminant function analysis; Kansas; Reithrodontomys megalotis; Reithrodontomys montanus; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

REITHRODONTOMYS MEGALOTIS; REITHRODONTOMYS MONTANUS;

EID: 0343837383     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383211     Document Type: Article

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