Identifying California microtus species using geometric morphometrics documents Quaternary geographic range contractions

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1383-1394

  McGuire, Jenny L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; geometric morphometrics; identification; jackknife; Microtus; Microtus longicaudus; paleontology; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOMETRY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOMETRY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; QUATERNARY; RANGE EXPANSION; RODENT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83755168183     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-280.1     Document Type: Article

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