Geographic variation of Arvicanthis (Rodentia, Muridae) in the Nile Valley

Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 104-113

  Fadda, Carlo ^a   Corti, Marco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arvicanthis; Geographic variation; Geometric morphometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031852470     PISSN: 00443468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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