Ecological and functional correlates of molar shape variation in European populations of Arvicola (Arvicolinae, Rodentia)

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Volumn 251, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 335-343

  Piras, P ^a,b   Marcolini, F ^a,b   Claude, J ^c   Ventura, J ^d   Kotsakis, T ^a,b   Cubo, J ^e,f  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Center for Evolutionary Ecology   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Arvicola; Bioclimatic variables; Comparative methods; First lower molar; Geometric Morphometrics; Shape; Size

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; AUTECOLOGY; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BODY SIZE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMETRY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RODENT; TOOTH;

ARVICOLA; ARVICOLINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 84866483659     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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