Geographic and sexual variation in the skull of Pacific coast marten ( Martes americana )

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Giannico, Guillermo R., Nagorsen, David W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1989
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Pacific; Queen Charlotte; Archipelago; Martes americana; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z89-197; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z89-197

From multivariate analyses of 25 cranial measurements, we assessed geographic and sexual variation in three island and two mainland samples of Pacific coast marten (Marten americana) from the caurina subspecies group. Three morphological groups were evident: the first from Queen Charlotte Islands, t...