Deglaciation explains bat extinction in the caribbean

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3045-3051

  Dávalos, Liliana M ^a   Russell, Amy L ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Deglaciation; Glaciation; Sea level rise; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879385166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.399     Document Type: Article

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