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Postglacial colonization of Ireland by mustelids, with particular reference to the badger (Meles meles L.)

1996-03-01

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There exists some confusion as to the means by which Ireland developed its current mammalian fauna. In this paper, I use a multivariate analysis of cranial measurements to test the hypothesis that Irish mustelids should resemble their Scottish counterparts more so than those from England, thus providing morphological evidence for postglacial colonization via an Ireland/Scotland landbridge. An examination of badger...

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Literature Corpus work: f775ec29-f25c-561c-9fed-7562b856d6ec
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1996.00961.x

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