Morphological variability and developmental instability in subpopulations of the Eurasian badger (Meles meles) in Denmark

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 949-958

  Pertoldi, Cino ^a,b,d,e   Bach, Lars A ^b   Madsen, Aksel Bo ^a   Randi, Ettore ^c   Loeschcke, Volker ^b  

^a D   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^d Box 358   (Denmark)

^e MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Badger; Developmental instability; Fluctuating asymmetry; Population density; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; MUSTELID; POPULATION DENSITY;

DENMARK;

MAMMALIA; MELES MELES; MUSTELIDAE; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038381608     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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