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Environmental stress as an indicator of anthropogenic impact across the African Albertine Rift: a case study using museum specimens

2014-08-01

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We examined fluctuating asymmetry (FA) and body condition (BC) as two measures of environmental stress using museum specimens of Lophuromys aquilus, a rodent species complex wide-spread across the African Albertine Rift. We related FA and BC to a spatially-derived index of anthropogenic impact using a principal components analysis (PCA). We found no relationship between the four PCA scores and mean FA or BC, but d...

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DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0717-3

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