Climatic change and body size in two species of Japanese rodents

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 263-267

  Yom Tov, Yoram ^a   Yom Tov, Shlomith ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apodemus speciosus; Eothenomys smithii; Japan

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS SPECIOSUS; EOTHENOMYS SMITHII; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 2942715296     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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