Geometric morphometric analysis of geographic variation in the Río Negro tuco-tuco, Ctenomys rionegrensis (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae)

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 288-298

  D'Anatro, A ^a   Lessa, E P ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Ctenomys rionegrensis, geographic variation, geometric morphometrics

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GEOMETRY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RODENT;

RIO NEGRO [URUGUAY]; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

AGOUTI; CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS RIONEGRENSIS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33746838145     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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