Observations on variation in skull size of three mammals in Israel during the 20th century

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 251, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 331-334

  Yom Tov, Yoram ^a   Yom Tov, Shlomith ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body size; Cape hare; Golden jackal; Israel; Red fox; Temporal change

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MAMMAL; NUTRITION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ISRAEL;

ANIMALIA; CANIS AUREUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; MAMMALIA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84866510487     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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