Department
Biology
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Abstract
Shrews of the genus Blarina from Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri were studied morphometrically and karyologically. The ranges of the two species, B. brevicauda and B. hylophaga, were found to be sympatric in a broad zone across southern Iowa and northern Missouri. Morphometric analyses revealed an unexpectedly large amount of cranial variation in B. brevicauda, and confirmed the presence of that species in the Kansas River Valley of northeastern Kansas. Considerable mensural overlap was found in geographic areas in which B. hylophaga and B. brevicauda are sympatric, evincing the need for further karyotopic and morphometric studies in those areas.
Advisor
Jerry R. Choate
Date of Award
Summer 1981
Document Type
Thesis - campus only access
Recommended Citation
Moncrief, Nancy D., "Morphometric and Geographic relationships of Short-Tailed Shrews (Genus Blarina) in Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri" (1981). Master's Theses. 1822.
DOI: 10.58809/BDYU1863
Available at:
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/1822
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