First upper molar and mandible shape of wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) from northern Germany: ageing, habitat and insularity

• Published in: Mammalian Biology
• Main Author: Renaud, Sabrina
• Other Authors: PaleoEnvironnements et PaleobioSphere (PEPS), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2005
• Subjects: Murinae; evolution; island biogeography; morphometrics; [SDV.BA.ZV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology; Close Islands
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00180844; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2004.10.004

International audience The patterns of shape variation of the first upper molar and mandible have been investigated within and among wood mice (Apodemus as sex and age of the animals could be a source of within-group morphological variability interfering with among-groups patterns of differentiation...