Mountaintop island age determines species richness of boreal mammals in the American Southwest

Ecography

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-240

  Frey, Jennifer K ^a,b   Bogan, Michael A ^a   Yates, Terry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MOUNTAIN REGION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VICARIANCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34247279340     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2007.04721.x     Document Type: Article

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