Character displacement in mandible shape and size in two species of water shrews (Neomys, Mammalia: Insectivora)

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 165-175

  Racz G ^a,c   Demeter, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Ministry of the Environment ^*  (Hungary)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Character displacement; Geometric morphometrics; Landmarks; Neomys; Water shrews

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032324708     PISSN: 12178837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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