Post-pleistocene dispersal in the Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus): an example of an apparent trend in the distribution of southwestern mammals

Authors

Russell Davis, University of Arizona, Tucson
J. R. Callahan, Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Abstract

The present distribution of the Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus) is not entirely the product of post-Pleistocene forest fragmentation and extinction; recent dispersal also is indicated. Literature records further suggest that this phenomenon may reflect a general pattern of northward range expansion in many southwestern mammal species.

Recommended Citation

Davis, Russell and Callahan, J. R. (1992) "Post-pleistocene dispersal in the Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus): an example of an apparent trend in the distribution of southwestern mammals," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 52: No. 3, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol52/iss3/8