Investigating South American biogeographic history using patterns of skull shape variation on cerdocyon thous (Mammalia: Canidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-84

  MacHado, Fabio De A ^a   Hingst Zaher, Erika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Geographical; Intraspecific; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GLACIAL HISTORY; HOLOCENE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MAMMAL; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SKULL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILD POPULATION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

CANIDAE; DUSICYON THOUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 69449103039     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01274.x     Document Type: Article

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