Better sturdy or slender? Eurasian otter skull plasticity in response to feeding ecology

Otters are semi-aquatic mammals specialized in feeding on aquatic prey. The Eurasian otter Lutra lutra is the most widely distributed otter species. Despite a low degree of genetic variation across its European range, the population from Great Britain exhibits distinct genetic structuring. We examin...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2022-09, Vol.17 (9), p.e0274893-e0274893
Hauptverfasser:	Russo, Luca Francesco, Meloro, Carlo, De Silvestri, Mara, Chadwick, Elizabeth A, Loy, Anna
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal ecology Aquatic mammals Arches Asymmetry Bioclimatology Biology and Life Sciences Clusters Crustaceans Diet Divergence Earth Sciences Ecology Ecology and Environmental Sciences Environmental aspects Evaluation Feeding Fish Freshwater fish Genetic diversity Genetic engineering Hydrodynamics Lutrinae Marine fish Medicine and Health Sciences Morphology Nose Otters Photogrammetry Physiological aspects Population genetics Prey Shellfish Skull Three dimensional models Zygomatic arch
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