On the Population Structure of the Kamchatka Sable |
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| Authors: | Dubinin E A Valentsev A S |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Far East Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Portovaya 18, Magadan, 685000, Russia;(2) Kamchatka Institute of Ecology and Nature Management, Far East Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Rybakov 19a, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii, 683000, Russia |
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| Abstract: | The degree of morphological differentiation of sable (Martes zibellina L.) populations was studied in different physiographic regions of the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Penzhina River basin. According to craniometric data, the sables inhabiting the hilly Western Kamchatka Plain are larger than the animals from other regions. However, the analysis of phenetic variation in craniological characters and coat color showed that the sable samples taken within the peninsula were fairly homogeneous. On this basis, all sables inhabiting the Kamchatka Peninsula may be regarded as a single population. |
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| Keywords: | sable phenetics population structure Kamchatka Peninsula |
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