Mus in Morocco: A Quaternary sequence of intraspecific evolution

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 599-621

  Stoetzel, Emmanuelle ^a   Denys, Christiane ^a   Michaux, Jacques ^b   Renaud, Sabrina ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Elliptic Fourier Analysis of outlines; First upper and lower molars; Geometric morphometrics; Holocene; Morocco; Murinae, Rodentia; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOMETRY; HOLOCENE; IMMIGRATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; RODENT; TROPICAL REGION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOROCCO; SAHARA;

MURINAE; MUS SPRETUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84879267101     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12065     Document Type: Article

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