Body size of the weasel Mustela nivalis and the stoat M. erminea in Sweden

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 420-426

  Yom Tov, Yoram ^a   Yom Tov, Shlomith ^a   Angerbjorn, Anders ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Body size; Mustela erminea; Mustela nivalis; Net Primary Productivity (NPP)

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LATITUDE; MUSTELID; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SWEDEN;

MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELA NIVALIS; MUSTELINAE;

EID: 77955311010     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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