Journal
QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 339, Issue -, Pages 258-265Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.12.058
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- Division of Palaeozoology, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wroclaw [1018/S/IZ/12]
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Abundant and stratigraphically well positioned fossil material of two small mustelids, stoat and weasel, from Bisnik Cave was studied to investigate size variation. Size was found to be correlated with temperature: during cold periods individuals of both species were smaller than during warm periods. The weasel measurements varied much more, compared to the stoat. Weasel males varied more than females. The largest weasel individuals came from the late Middle Pleistocene layers of Bisnik Cave, while the smallest, dwarf specimens were typical of the cold periods of the last glaciation. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.
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