Morphological variation in two sigmodontine rodents along the mainland and the Fuegian archipelago in Chilean southern Patagonia

Abstract Background Analysis of morphological variation in archipelagos has been essential to understand the evolution of terrestrial vertebrates. In particular, these natural scenarios allow to assess morphological changes experienced by insular fauna compared to their mainland counterparts. In mam...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Valladares-Gómez, Marcela Huenumilla-Linares, Enrique Rodríguez-Serrano, Cristián E. Hernández, R. Eduardo Palma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:Revista Chilena de Historia Natural
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40693-020-00094-9