Fluctuating asymmetry in bank vole populations (Rodentia, Arvicolinae) reflects stress caused by landscape fragmentation in the Mont-Saint-Michel Bay

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-44

  Marchand, Hélène ^a   Paillat, Gilles ^b   Montuire, Sophie ^a   Butet, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural production methods; Developmental stability; Shape asymmetry; Size asymmetry

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RODENT;

FRANCE; MONT SAINT MICHEL BAY;

ARVICOLINAE; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0141570851     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2003.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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