Delineating the range of a disjunct population of southern flying squirrels (Glaucomys volans)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 188-196

  Lavers, Amanda J ^a   Petersen, Stephen D ^a   Stewart, Donald T ^a   Herman, Tom B ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RODENT;

GLAUCOMYS VOLANS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS;

EID: 32644438776     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)155[0188:DTROAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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