Distributional patterns of mammals in Utah

Authors

David M. Armstrong, University of Colorado, Boulder

Abstract

Based on a synthesis of recent work on distribution of mammals in Utah, the hierarchy of ecogeographic distributional units proposed by Durrant (1952) is reevaluated by numerical methods. Areographic faunal elements, distinguished on the basis of shapes of distributional ranges in North America, are identified. Relationships are shown between ecogeographic faunal units and areographic faunal elements, and their historical implications are discussed.

Recommended Citation

Armstrong, David M. (1977) "Distributional patterns of mammals in Utah," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 37: No. 4, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol37/iss4/6