Correlates of species richness in North American bat families

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 975-985

  Patten, Michael A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Chiroptera; Climate; Macroecology; North America; Passeriformes; Species richness; Topography; Vegetation cover; Vespertilionidae

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; LATITUDE; MACROECOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA;

CHIROPTERA; DESMODONTINAE; EMBALLONURIDAE; FURIPTERIDAE; MOLOSSIDAE; NATALIDAE; NOCTILIONIDAE; NYCTICEIUS; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; THYROPTERIDAE; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 2542443820     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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