Temperature trends and recent decline in body size of the stone marten Martes foina in Denmark

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 146-150

  Yom Tov, Yoram ^a   Leader, Noam ^b   Yom Tov, Shlomith ^a   Baagøe, Hans J ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Israel Nature and Parks Authority and Israel Electric Corporation   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Denmark; Martes foina; Skull size; Stone marten

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DATA SET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MUSTELID; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

DENMARK;

MARTES FOINA;

EID: 76649114043     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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