Spectral analysis of the fur of different colour phases of Sciurus vulgaris: evidence for adaptive colouration

• Veröffentlicht in: Theriologia Ukrainica
• Datum: 2019
• 1. Verfasser: Zizda, Yu.
• Format: Artikel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Національний науково-природничий музей НАН України 2019
• Schlagworte: Морфологія та мінливість
• Online Zugang: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/167401
• Назва журналу: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Zitieren: Spectral analysis of the fur of different colour phases of Sciurus vulgaris: evidence for adaptive colouration / Yu. Zizda // Theriologia Ukrainica. — 2019. — Т. 18. — С. 48–51. — Бібліогр.: 15 назв. — англ.

The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris L.) is one of the most variable mammals by its coat colouration, which allows to distinguish up to 40 subspecies. The distribution of four different subspecies in the region of the Eastern Carpathians, including Poland and Ukraine, based on coat colouration is desc...