Studies of ecomorphological variations of the European hare (Lepus europaeus) in Turkey
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Tarih
2013
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Yayıncı
Inst Bioloska Istrazivanja Sinisa Stankovic
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Hares (Lepus spp.) are widely distributed across the globe and are adapted to diverse climatic conditions. In order to study the ecomorphological variations of hares from Turkey, the body and cranial measurements and body weight, as well as coat color types, of 138 hares collected from all over Turkey between 2006 and 2012, were examined. Statistically significant differences between regional samples (p <0.05, ANOVA) only in terms of body weight and hindfoot length were found; however, there were a good number of external phenotypes, particularly in terms of coat color variants of the hare specimens. Furthermore, populations had similar variations in terms of morphometric measurement, body weight and coat coloration between different geographical regions. Turkish hares did not exhibit clinal variations from south to north in body and cranial measurements depending on the mean annual temperatures and precipitation. Therefore, it was assumed that all of these variations might be a polymorphism related to the local adaptations and high level of admixture of gene pools in Anatolia.
Açıklama
Demirbas, Yasin/0000-0002-3264-3444
Anahtar Kelimeler
European hare, Lepus europaeus, ecomorphological variation, polymorphism, Turkey
Kaynak
Archives Of Biological Sciences
WoS Q Değeri
Q4
Scopus Q Değeri
Q3
Cilt
65
Sayı
2
Künye
Demirbaş, Yasin & Albayrak, İrfan & Yilmaz, A.. (2013). Studies of ecomorphological variations of the European hare (Lepus europaeus) in Turkey. Archives of Biological Sciences. 65. 559-566.
