Stress and developmental stability: Vegetation removal causes increased fluctuating asymmetry in shrews

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 336-345

  Badyaev, Alexander V ^a,b   Foresman, Kerry R ^a   Fernandes, Miguel V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Developmental stability; Environmental stress; Lower mandible; Sorex cinereus

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

MAMMALIA; SOREX CINEREUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 0033945130     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0336:SADSVR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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