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...
Main Authors: | Luca Francesco Russo, Carlo Meloro, Mara De Silvestri, Elizabeth A Chadwick, Anna Loy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2022-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274893 |
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