Cranial morphological variation in Peromyscus maniculatus over nearly a century of environmental change in three areas of California

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 96-106

  Holmes, Michael W ^a,b   Boykins, Genevieve K R ^b   Bowie, Rauri C K ^b   Lacey, Eileen A ^b  

^a E Craig Wall Sr College of Business Administration   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Body size; Clinical adaptation; Cranial morphology; Elevational gradients; Environmental change; North American deer mouse

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; PEROMYSCUS; SKULL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENT; PEROMYSCUS; SKULL;

EID: 84955201335     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20482     Document Type: Article

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