Effect of isolation on coat colour polymorphism of Polynesian rats in Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific

Populations of vertebrate species introduced onto islands regularly develop similar phenotypic changes, e.g., larger or smaller body size, shortened limbs, duller coats, as well as behavioural changes such as increased tameness and reduced flight-initiation distance. These changes overlap in part wi...

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Main Author: Alexandra A.E. van der Geer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-05-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/6894.pdf