Microgeographic morphological differentiation in muskrats

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 684-701

  Le Boulengé, Éric ^a   Legendre, Pierre ^b   De Le Court, Claudine ^a   Le Boulengé Nguyen, Paule ^a   Languy, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mantel test; morphometry; muskrat; Ondatra zibethicus; skull

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029911929     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382673     Document Type: Article

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