Taxonomic diversity of the terrestrial bird and mammal fauna in temperate and boreal biomes of the northern hemisphere

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 603-612

  Mönkkönen, Mikko ^a   Viro, Pirkko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Endemic taxa; Faunal evolution; Forest fauna; Nearctic; Palearctic

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD FAUNA; MAMMAL FAUNA;

(EAST); ASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; MAMMALIA; NEARCTIC;

EID: 1842374385     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.1997.tb00072.x     Document Type: Review

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