Character displacement under influence of Bergmann’s rule inCerdocyon thous(Mammalia: Canidae)

[摘要] In South America, the crab-eating fox Cerdocyon thous occurs in sympatry to the ecologically similar, and phylogenetically close Lycalopex vetulus to the North, and Lycalopex gymnocercus to the South of its range. We studied character displacement in Cerd

[学科分类] 动物科学

[关键词] Canidae;crab-eating fox;geometric morphometrics;sexual size dimorphism;shape disparity;South America;Bergmann’s rule;character displacement