A parapatric contact area between two species of moles: Character displacement investigated through the geometric morphometrics of skull

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 151-164

  Loy, A ^a   Capanna, E ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Character displacement; Geometric morphometrics; Italy; Talpa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032324735     PISSN: 12178837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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