Characterization of a contact zone between two subspecies of the big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) in Nebraska

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-45

  Hoffman, Justin D ^a   Genoways, Hugh H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact zone; Eptesicus fuscus fuscus; Eptesicus fuscus pallidus; Nebraska; Subspecies; Variation

Indexed keywords

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS;

EID: 42249103280     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2008)68[36:COACZB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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