Niche similarities among white-eared opossums (mammalia, didelphidae): Is ecological niche modelling relevant to setting species limits?

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-10

  Tocchio, Luana J ^a   Gurgel Gonçalves, Rodrigo ^a   Escobar, Luis E ^b,c   Peterson, Andrew Townsend ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84914156594     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12082     Document Type: Article

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