Skull variation in DinaricBalkan and Carpathian gray wolf populations revealed by geometric morphometric approaches

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 376-386

  Milenković, Miroljub ^a   Šipetić, Vida Jojić ^a   Blagojević, Jelena ^a   Tatović, Svetislav ^b   Vujošević, Mladen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Hunting Associatiom of Serbia   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Cranium; Geometric morphometrics; Mandible; Population variability; Sexual dimorphism; Skull; Wolf

Indexed keywords

CANID; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFUGE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SKULL; SYNERGISM; TERRITORIALITY;

CARPATHIANS; SERBIA;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 77951281420     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-265.1     Document Type: Article

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