A late pleistocene bird community at the Northern edge of the tropics in Sonora, Mexico

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 423-441

  Steadman, David W ^a   Mead, Jim I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; GRASSLAND; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WOODLAND; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SONORA;

ACCIPITRIDAE; ANAS; ANSER; ARDEIDAE; AVES; BRANTA CANADENSIS; BUTEOGALLUS; CARACARA; CHARADRIUS VOCIFERUS; CICONIIDAE; GALLINULA CHLOROPUS; IBIS; ICTINIA; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES; PHASIANIDAE; PLEGADIS; PLEGADIS CHIHI; PODICIPEDIDAE; PORPHYRIO MARTINICUS; REPTILIA; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX; TRAPA;

EID: 77949508287     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-163.2.423     Document Type: Article

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