Geographic variation of tooth and skull sizes in the arctic fox Vulpes (Alopex) lagopus

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-199

  Szuma, Elwira ^a  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DENTITION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SKULL; TOOTH;

ARCTIC; BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; EURASIA; GREENLAND; KAMCHATKA; KOMANDORSKI ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 47349129428     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.045.0304     Document Type: Article

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