Quaternary Climate Change was Not an Engine of Diversification in New World Bats (Chiroptera)

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-133

  Barber, Brian R ^a   Jensen, Garrett ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; Lineage through time; Mammals; Phylogeny; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84859593151     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10914-011-9180-z     Document Type: Article

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