Vertebrata hungarica

Author(s): Stohl, G.
Title: Über die morphologischen Unterschiede einiger ungarischer Microtus arvalis- Bestände
Title: A mezei pocok (Microtus arvalis Pall.) néhány magyarországi állományának alaktani eltérései
Year: 1974
Volume: 15
Pages: 53-66.

Abstract: Author analyzed the variations and correlations of some morphological characters (cranial and body measurements) in 5 populations of the fieldvole (Microtus arvalis (Pall.)) from different parts of Hungary. Author considered the differences between the examined populations as the result of the well-known fact that following the breakdown of a gradation, great territories become depopulated and occupied again only by a small number of 'founder' animals from these reserve areas. During the arising of such populations genetic drift often changes the characteristical features of the small founder group in a single way.
Subject: zoology

Discussed taxa:
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Ordo: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Microtus
Species: arvalis

Journal: Vertebrata hungarica
Journal abbreviation: Vert. hung.
ISSN: 0506-7839
Publisher: Népművelési Propaganda Iroda, Budapest
Editor(s): Dely, O. G. & Nemes, I.