Distinct features of intraspecific and intrapopulation variability of the skull size in the red fox
- Authors: Gos’kov A.M.1, Bol’shakov V.N.1, Korytin N.S.1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch
- Issue: Vol 474, No 1 (2017)
- Pages: 98-101
- Section: General Biology
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/0012-4966/article/view/154051
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496617030036
- ID: 154051
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Abstract
The range of chronographic variability of the average size of the skull in the red fox (data collected by the authors) from a compact area in the Middle Urals has been assessed for a 30-year period, and the results obtained have been compared with the published data on the geographical variability within the vast species range. The range of changes of the average dimensions of the skull over time spanned almost the entire range of geographical variability. Therefore, the problem of search for factors that determine the morphological diversity arises.
About the authors
A. M. Gos’kov
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch
Author for correspondence.
Email: goskov_am@ipae.uran.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg, 620144
V. N. Bol’shakov
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch
Email: goskov_am@ipae.uran.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg, 620144
N. S. Korytin
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch
Email: goskov_am@ipae.uran.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg, 620144
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