Altitudinal distribution and outdoor occurrence in chromosomal races of the house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) in central Italy

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-239

  Castiglia, Riccardo ^a   Caporioni, Marco ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barn owl; Chromosomal speciation; Evolutionary history; House mouse; Robertsonian race; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; EVOLUTION; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; ROBERTSONIA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA;

EID: 27644495101     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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