Can environmental factors explain size variation in the common shrew (Sorex araneus)?

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 415-422

  Frafjord, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body size; Environmental gradients; Sorex araneus

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

MAMMALIA; SOREX ARANEUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 53949102706     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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