Title:

Skull variability of Martes martes and Martes foina from Poland

Creator:

Reig, S. ; Ruprecht, A. L.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1989

Description:

A morphological study of sex, age and population variation of Martes martes (Linnaeus, 1758) and Martes foina (Erxleben, 1777) was completed, using a collection of 236 and 47 skulls, respectively. Twenty-three measurements were take on each specimen. Three age groups (juveniles, subadults and adults) were recognized, based on relative criteria such as suture obliteration, tooth wear, and development of crista sagittalis. Univariate and multivariate technigues were used to process the data.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

age changes ; Martes foina ; Martes martes ; Poland ; sex changes ; skull variability ; species differentiation ; Kuna leśna ; Kuna domowa ; dymorfizm płciowy ; stopień starcia zębów

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

34

Issue:

41

Start page:

595

End page:

624

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.89-57

Source:

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Language:

eng ; Sum. eng. ; pol.

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open