Pattern of shape variation in the eastern African gerbils of the genus Gerbilliscus (Rodentia, Muridae): Environmental correlations and implication for taxonomy and systematics

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 302-310

  Colangelo, Paolo ^a,b   Castiglia, Riccardo ^a   Franchini, Paolo ^a   Solano, Emanuela ^a,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Environment; Geometric morphometrics; Partial least square analysis; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA;

GERBILLINAE; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 77954861667     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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