naa a22 4500 510744974 CHVBK 20180411083042.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s13364-012-0114-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s13364-012-0114-9 Stefen Clara Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Tierkunde, Königsbrücker Landstraße 159, 01109, Dresden, Germany aut Craniometric study of the common shrew ( Sorex araneus L. 1758) from different localities and chromosomal races across Germany and Europe [Elektronische Daten] [Clara Stefen] A total of 440 skulls of common shrews, Sorex araneus, from Germany and Europe (Croatia, Hungary, Austria, and Norway) were studied. The material represented six chromosomal races (Ulm, Laska, Drnholec, Mooswald, Jütland, and Abisko) assignable to the Western European and Northern European karyotypic groups. The race of a few samples was not determined. Twenty-one linear measurements were taken on skulls and mandibles and used in this study. Pearson correlations and multiple linear regressions were used to see the relationship of the cranial variables to altitude, latitude, the chromosomal race, and the geographic location. The results from the tested samples differed; the most negative correlations to latitude were found in the samples assigned to the Western European karyotypic group (WEK), the least negative ones in the samples of the Ulm race. These results indicate the converse of Bergmann's rule. But taking into consideration all the samples of the different karyotypic groups across Europe, the correlations to latitude included positive ones, which would indicate that Sorex follows Bergmann's rule in some of the variables. The studied material of different karyotypic groups could not be differentiated in discriminant analyses. The separation of the studied races within the WEK alone was slightly better, but about 30% of ungrouped cases remained. Only the separation of the regional samples within one chromosomal race revealed better results but was still very different between the races. This indicates that within the races, regional differences might be strong enough for a separation of the samples and that within a karyotypic group, and even more so across karyotypic groups, regional differences conceal racial differences. Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland, 2012 Sorex araneus nationallicence Linear measurements nationallicence Correlations nationallicence Altitude nationallicence Latitude nationallicence Geographic origin nationallicence Discriminant analysis nationallicence Chromosome race nationallicence M : Mean nationallicence n : Sample size nationallicence DA : Discriminant analysis nationallicence PCA : Principal component analyses nationallicence Acta Theriologica Springer-Verlag 58/3(2013-07-01), 245-254 0001-7051 58:3<245 2013 58 13364 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-012-0114-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-012-0114-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Stefen Clara Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Tierkunde, Königsbrücker Landstraße 159, 01109, Dresden, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Acta Theriologica Springer-Verlag 58/3(2013-07-01), 245-254 0001-7051 58:3<245 2013 58 13364 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer