Geographical variation in size in the European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) in western Europe and North Africa

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-158

  Sharples, Colin M ^a   Fa, John E ^b   Bell, Diana J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust   (France)

Author keywords

Bergmann's Rule; Craniometric variation taxonomy; Multivariate analysis climatic influences

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LAGOMORPHA; LEPORIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030518449     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1996.0034     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Bell DJ, Webb NJ. 1991. Effects of climate on reproduction in the European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Journal of Zoology, London 224: 639-648.
2. Bergmann C. 1847. Über die Verhältnisse der Wärmeoekonomie der Thiere zu ihrer Grösse. Göttinger Studien Pt. 1: 595-708.
3. Biju-Duval C, Ennafaa H, Dennebouy N, Monnerot M, Mignotte F, Soriguer RC, El Gaaïed A, El Hili A, Mounolou J-C. 1991. Mitochondrial DNA Evolution in Lagomorphs: Origin of Systematic Heteroplasmy and Organization of Diversity in European Rabbits. Journal of Molecular Evolution 33: 92-102.
4. Blanco JC, Villafuerte R. 1993. Factores ecologicos que influyen sobre las poblaciones de conejos. Incidencia de la enfermedad hermurrágiea. Madrid: Empresa de Transformación Agraria, S.A.
5. Cabrera A. 1922. Una excursión de dos meses por Yebala. Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural XXII: 112.
6. Cabrera A. 1923. Sobre los conejos marroquis. Boletin de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural XXIII: 366.
7. Chatfield C, Collins AJ. 1980. Introduction to multivariate analysis. London: Chapman and Hall.
8. Clutton-Brock J, Kitchener AC, Lynch JM. 1994. Changes in the skull morphology of the Arctic wolf, Canis lupus arctus, during the twentieth century. Journal of Zoology 233(1): 19-36.
9. Corbet GB. 1994. Taxonomy and origins. In: Thompson HY, King CM, eds. The European rabbit: the history and biology of a successful colonizer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1-7.
10. Dunn G, Everitt BS. 1982. An introduction to mathematical taxonomy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
11. Ellerman JR, Morrison-Scott TCS. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946. London: Trustees of the British Museum.
12. Ferrand N. 1991. Rabbit domestic breeds are probably derived from a single wild sub-species : (Oryctolagus cuniculus cuniculus). I European Congress of Mammalogy: Lisbon, March 1991.
13. Fitter RSR. 1959. The Ark in our midst. London: Collins.
14. Flux JEC, Fullager PJ. 1992. World Distribution of the Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus on Islands. Mammal Review 22: 151-205.
15. Geist V. 1987. Bergmann's rule is invalid. Canadian Journal of Zoology 65: 1035-1038.
16. Gibb JA. 1990. The European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus. In: Chapman JA, Flux JEC, eds. Rabbits, Hares & Pikas: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. Gland: IUCN, 116-120.
17. Gould SJ, Johnston RF. 1972. Geographic Variation. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 3: 457-498.
18. Haeckel EHPA. 1874. Histoire de la création des êtres organisés d'après les lois naturelles... Paris.
19. Hardy C, Callou C, Vigne J-D, Casane D, Dennebouy N, Mounolou J-C, Monnerot M. 1995. Rabbit mitochondrial DNA diversity from prehistoric to modern times. Journal of Molecular Evolution 40: 227-237.
20. Kikkawa J. 1959. Habitats of field mice on Fair Isle in Spring 1956. The Glasgow Naturalist 18: 65-77.
21. Loche V. 1858. Catalogue des mammifères et des oiseaux observés en Algérie ... Paris.
22. Mayr E, Ashlock PD. 1991. Principles of Systematic Zoology (Second ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
23. Miller GS. 1912. Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe in the collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum.
24. Minitab Inc. 1991. Minitab Statistical Software, v.8.2. Pennsylvania: State College.
25. Monnerot M, Vigne JD, Biju-Duval C, Casane D, Callou C, Hardy C, Mougel F, Soriguer RC, Dennebouy N, Mounolou J-C. 1994. Rabbit and man: genetic and historic approach. Genetics, Selection, Evolution 26 (Suppl. 1): 167s-182s.
26. Mougin J-L. 1985. Données craniométriques sur les lapins introduits sur des îles subtropicales de l'Ocean Atlantique Nord (Iles Selvagens, Madère et Porto Santo) et sur des îles subantartiques de l'Ocean Indien (Iles Kergeulen et Crozet). Boletim do Museo Municipal do Funchal 37(169): 130-157.
27. Nagorsen DW. 1985. A morphometric study of geographic variation in the snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 63(3): 567-579.
28. Polunin O, Huxley A. 1965. The flowers of the Mediterranean. London: Chatto and Windus.
29. Sokal RR, Rohlf FJ. 1981. Biometry: The principles and practice of statistics in biological research (Second ed.). San Francisco: W.H. Freeman & Co.
30. Taylor J, Freedman L, Olivier TJ, McCluskey J. 1977. Morphometric Distances between Australian Wild Rabbit Populations. Australian Journal of Zoology 25: 721-732.
31. ter Braak CJF. 1987. CANOCO - a FORTRAN program for Canonical Community Ordination. Ithaca, New York: Microcomputer Power.
32. Thran P, Broekhuizen S. 1965. Agro-ecological Atlas of Cereal Growing in Europe. Vol. I. Agro-climatic Atlas of Europe. Wageningen: Centre for Agricultural Publications and Documentation.
33. Trouessart ME-L. 1917. Le lapin de Porto Santo et le lapin nègre de la Camargue. Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 22: 366-373.
34. Williams CK, Moore RJ. 1989a. Phenotypic adaptation and natural selection in the wild rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus, in Australia. Journal of Animal Ecology 58: 495-508.
35. Williams CK, Moore RJ. 1989b. Genetic divergence in fecundity of Australian wild rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus. Journal of Animal Ecology 58: 249-259.
36. Williams CK, Moore RJ. 1990. Environmental and Genetic influences on Growth of the Wild Rabbit. Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.), in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 591-598.