Polymorphism of the age population structure of two wild Mastomys natalensis (Rodentia: Muridae) Tanzanian habitat samples: A multicriteria comparison

Mammalia

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 293-299

  Lalis, Aude ^a   Lecompte, Emilie ^b   Cornette, Raphaël ^a   Moulin, Sybille ^a   Machangu, Robert S ^c   Makundi, Rhodes ^c   Aniskine, Vladimir M ^d   Denys, Christiane ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Age determination; Intraspecific polymorphism; Mastomys natalensis; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSAL; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RODENT; SAMPLING; TESTING METHOD;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 34447271485     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2006.052     Document Type: Article

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