Intra- and interspecific morphological variation in the field mouse species Apodemus argenteus and A. speciosus in the Japanese archipelago: The role of insular isolation and biogeographic gradients

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 557-569

  Renaud, Sabrina ^a   Millien, Virginie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Apodemus; Body size; Fourier analysis; Island evolution; Japan; Mandible

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; RODENT; SYMPATRY;

JAPAN;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS ARGENTEUS; APODEMUS SPECIOSUS;

EID: 0035700963     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.2001.0595     Document Type: Article

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