Variation in mandible shape and body size of house mice Mus musculus across the New Zealand archipelago: A Trans-Tasman comparison using geometric morphometrics

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Variation in mandible shape and body size of house mice Mus musculus across the New Zealand archipelago: A Trans-Tasman comparison using geometric morphometrics

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Islands create unique environments that provide niche expansion opportunities for invading species not previously available on continental areas. This thesis investigates variation in house mouse mandible shape and body size across the New Zealand archipelago, and aims to identify environmental variables that might influence change between island populations using geometric morphometric techniques. Mice were introduced to New Zealand in the early 19th century with European explorers and sett...

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2017

Creator

West, Annie Grace

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/11182

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geometric morphometrics / Mus musculus / mandible / body size / islands / habitat / diet / Sydney / domesticus / castaneus / Bergmann / island rule / environmental variables / gigantism

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