Geographical patterns in mandible variation of the common shrew (Sorex araneus) in Europe
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F24%3A10473610" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/24:10473610 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11620/24:10473610
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=hoGMgZeH9z" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=hoGMgZeH9z</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blad118" target="_blank" >10.1093/biolinnean/blad118</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Geographical patterns in mandible variation of the common shrew (Sorex araneus) in Europe
Original language description
The common shrew (Sorex araneus) is one of the most studied shrew species of the Western Palaearctic. Despite this, the general drivers underlying morphological variation still remain unclear. Here we provide evidence for contradictory effects of climatic and geographical factors on the mandible of the common shrew. At the continental scale there is a negative correlation between body- and skull-size and latitude and longitude but at regional scales such an association is often not apparent; in fact, in some cases body size and skull size follow the opposite trend and observations at various scales yielded contradictory results. We studied shrew mandibles using geometric morphometrics and tested for correlations of their size and shape with selected geographical and climatic variables. We examined 1155 mandibles from 29 European localities and found significant interpopulation differences in both size and shape. Centroid size negatively correlated with latitude. We also found that centroid size was significantly correlated with altitude and annual precipitation. Our results confirmed an inverse Bergmann's rule relationship in S. araneus along the transect from the Baltic to the Adriatic Sea. Regarding mandible shape, Slovenian shrews were the most distant from all other studied populations. We discuss how altitude and precipitation can influence the morphology of the common shrew.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF20_079%2F0017987" target="_blank" >EF20_079/0017987: International mobility of researchers at Charles University (MSCA-IF IV)</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
ISSN
0024-4066
e-ISSN
1095-8312
Volume of the periodical
142
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
113-120
UT code for WoS article
001079079100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85193001405