Distribution of the Southern birch mouse (Sicista subtilis) in East-Poland: Morphometric variations in discrete European populations of superspecies S. subtilis

Mammalia

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-229

  Cserkész, Tamás ^a   Kitowski, Ignacy ^b   Czochra, Krzystof ^c   Rusin, Mikhail ^d  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c NAS of Ukraine ^*  (Poland)

^d SCHMALHAUSEN INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Linear morphometry; NATURA 2000; Owl pellet; Rodents; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; RODENT; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

CRANIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SICISTA SUBTILIS; STRIGIFORMES; TRIZONA;

EID: 70349289895     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2009.042     Document Type: Article

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