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  1. Temporal changes in cranial size in South African vlei rats (<em>Otomys</em>): evidence for the ‘third universal response to warming’

    Temporal changes in cranial size in South African vlei rats (Otomys): evidence for the ‘third universal response to warming’

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Aluwani Nengovhela --- Department of Ecology and Resource Management, School of Environmental Sciences, South Africa Roderick M Baxter --- Department of Ecology and Resource Management, School of Environmental Sciences, South Africa Peter J Taylor --- South African Research Chair on Biodiversity Value and Change in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, South Africa
    Using museum collections and recently collected specimens we studied geographical and temporal (from 1906 to 2013) changes in skull size of two sibling species of rodents, Otomys auratus and O. angoniensis, in northern South Africa occupying distinct temperate grassland (O...