Geographic variation in the Greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum in south-eastern Europe

• Autorzy: Krystufek B.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Studied was geographic variation in 12 skull measurements of 24 samples of Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774) from south-eastern Europe. Morphological principal component 1 (69.5% of variance explained) was highly size related. Morphological principal component 2 (10.6% of variance explained) correlated significantly only with interorbital constriction. Most of the interlocality variation was due to size, which increased clinally from the north-west to the south-east. Clustering of character means produced two clusters. The ranges of overlap of condylocanine length between the two siite-related clusters showed no evidence of the existence of two clearly defined populations. July precipitation levels best explained the size variation observed. T propose that if. f. martinoi he considered a synonym of R. f, ferrumequinum.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Rhinolophus ferrumequinum; geographic variation; European bat; Europe; Greater horseshoe bat; bat

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Theriologica
• Rocznik: 1993
• Tom: 38
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.67-79,fig.

Twórcy

autor

Krystufek B.

• Slovene Museum of Natural History, Presernova 20, P.O.Box 290, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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