Geographic variation in cranial morphology in Thrichomys apereoides (Rodentia: Echimyidae). I. Geometric descriptors and patterns of variation in shape

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 333-344

  Dos Reis, Sérgio F ^a   Duarte, Luiza C ^a   Monteiro, Leandro R ^a   Von Zuben, Fernando J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cranial shape variation; Echimyidae; Geographic variation; Geometric morphometrics; Parametric bootstrap; Thrichomys apereoides

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRANIUM; GEOMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; SHAPE;

BRAZIL;

ECHIMYIDAE; RODENTIA; THRICHOMYS; THRICHOMYS APEREOIDES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036265049     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0333:GVICMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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