Ice age distributions of European small mammals: Insights from species distribution modelling

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1152-1163

  Fløjgaard, Camilla ^a   Normand, Signe ^a   Skov, Flemming ^a   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cryptic refugia; Distribution models; Europe; Hind casting; Last Glacial Maximum; Quaternary; Rodents; Species distribution; Species range

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; REFUGE; SMALL MAMMAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; CLETHRIONOMYS; LEMMUS LEMMUS; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MICROTUS OECONOMUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 65949091175     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02089.x     Document Type: Article

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