Post-Pleistocene range expansion of the recently imperiled eastern little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus lucifugus) from a single southern refugium

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-200

  Dixon, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic history; Myotis lucifugus; Niche modeling; Pleistocene refugia; Population growth; Range expansion

Indexed keywords

MYOTIS EVOTIS; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 84876753277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.20     Document Type: Article

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