Size variation in the Northern white-breasted hedgehog Erinaceus roumanicus: latitudinal cline and the island rule

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dc.authoridPaunovic, Milan/0000-0002-8414-5674
dc.authorwosidPaunovic, Milan/JZU-0538-2024
dc.contributor.authorKrystufek, Boris
dc.contributor.authorTvrtkovic, Nikola
dc.contributor.authorPaunovic, Milan
dc.contributor.authorOzkan, Beytullah
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T10:56:38Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T10:56:38Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractWe explored patterns of size variation for mainland and island populations of Erinaceus roumanicus. Size was expressed either as the condylobasal length of the skull or as the first eigenvector obtained from a principal components analysis of a correlation matrix with four cranial variables. Both estimators were highly correlated. The pattern of size variation across Europe was a smooth cline, with the largest hedgehogs in the south. Furthermore, size correlated positively with temperature and negatively with summer precipitation. Regression model of the mainland hedgehog size against eight climatic variables significantly overestimated size in three out of four insular populations. Insular hedgehogs tended to be smaller on remote islands and larger on islands close to the coast, their putative source of colonization. We suggest that the major driving force determining size of mainland hedgehogs might be seasonality in resource availability. Size adjustment in island hedgehogs, however, was mainly concordant with the island rule which predicts convergence towards a size of approximately 100 g. The insular response was not uniform and large size close to the mainland is possibly a result of frequent introductions.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1515/MAMM.2009.055
dc.identifier.endpage306en_US
dc.identifier.issn0025-1461
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-73549118770en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage299en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1515/MAMM.2009.055
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/19869
dc.identifier.volume73en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000272185700002en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWalter De Gruyter & Coen_US
dc.relation.ispartofMammaliaen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectClimatic Factorsen_US
dc.subjectIsland Responseen_US
dc.subjectLatitudinal Patternen_US
dc.subjectPhenotypic Plasticityen_US
dc.subjectSize Factoren_US
dc.subjectBody-Sizeen_US
dc.subjectGeographical Variationen_US
dc.subjectMammalsen_US
dc.subjectConcoloren_US
dc.subjectClimateen_US
dc.subjectVariabilityen_US
dc.subjectEuropaeusen_US
dc.subjectImpactsen_US
dc.subjectBirdsen_US
dc.subjectShapeen_US
dc.titleSize variation in the Northern white-breasted hedgehog Erinaceus roumanicus: latitudinal cline and the island ruleen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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