2009, № 12

Amshokova A.Kh. CHANGEABLENESS OF CRANIOMETRY FEATURES OF SMALL FOREST MOUSE (SYLVAEMUS URALENSIS PALL.) IN FOOTHILLS AND MIDDLE-MOUNTAINS ECOSYSTEMS OF CENTRAL CAUCASIA POLLUTED WITH HEAVY METALS The influence of technogeneous pollution on changeableness of craniometry features of a small forest mouse’s skull in foothills and middle-mountains ecosystems of Central Caucasia. Different adaptive reaction of animals happened from different high-rise levels on action of the same factor is revealed in this article. It is revealed that pollution in conditions of foothills leads to size decrease of a skull, but in middle-mountain ecosystems on the contrary such influence is companied with increase of craniometry parameters. Key words: small forest mouse, changeableness, craniometry features, foothills, middle-mountains.

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Author: Amshokova A.H.

Year: 2009

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Sergey Aleksandrovich
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