Journal of Siberian Federal University. Biology / Decade Dynamics of Sable Skull Size in the Baikal Region

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Biology. 2013 6 (3)
Authors
Monakhov, Vladimir G.; Agafonov, Gennady M.
Contact information
Monakhov, Vladimir G.:Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division of RAS, 202, 8 Marta Str., Yekaterinburg, 620144 Russia; Agafonov, Gennady M.:Institute of Natural Resources, Ecology and Criology, Siberian Division of RAS, POB 521, 16a, Nedorezov Str., Chita, 672014 Russia
Keywords
craniometry; carnivores; chronography; Pribaikalye
Abstract

For the five populations of Baikal sable evaluated long-term (up to 50 years) changes in the skull size. In different populations trends the increasing condylobasal skull length by 0,5-1,5 %, and reducing from 1,26 to 2,47 % are observed. Differences of decadal deviations in skull size are multidirectional, not significant statistically, and do not violate population morphological stability. In most cases, the dynamics of sizes between the sexes is coherent, but more expressed in males. We estimated the size status of the studied groups – all of them belong to small forms of the species

Pages
234-242
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/10199

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