Ecological correlates and determinants in the geographical variation of deer morphology

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 981-994

  Terada, Chisato ^a   Tatsuzawa, Shirow ^a   Saitoh, Takashi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Cervus nippon; Condylobasal length; Island rule; Metacarpal length

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN RULE; BODY SIZE; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DEER; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; JAPAN; LIMB; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; SKULL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DEER; ECOLOGY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; SKULL;

JAPAN;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON; UNGULATA;

EID: 84864284422     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2270-7     Document Type: Article

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