The consequences of population bottlenecks for dental phenotypes are studied in
Arvicolinae, a subfamily of cricetid rodents widely used as a proxy of environmental change …

Grey voles (subgenus Microtus) represent a complex of at least seven closely related and
partly cryptic species. The range of these species extends from the Atlantic to the Altai …

The lacustrine deposits exposed at the Lower Palaeolithic site Marathousa 1 (Megalopolis,
S. Greece) and intercalated between lignite Seam II and III yielded a collection of small …

Determining the age of late Middle and Late Pleistocene (MIS 8-MIS 3) Neanderthal sites
can be difficult as radiometry has limitations. Biostratigraphic methods can be used to …

Morphological and morphometric variations in the first lower molars of Microtus arvalis and
Microtus agrestis from the late Pleistocene site of Teixoneres Cave (Barcelona, Spain) have …

The voles of the subgenus Microtus, which includes six species of the socalled “arvalis”
group, have always been problematic for classification. Some group members differ in …

Phenotype variation is a key feature in evolution, being produced by development and the
target of the screening by selection. We focus here on a variable morphological feature: the …

The effects of close breeding upon dental phenotype are analysed in three laboratory
colonies of Dicrostonyx using traditional comparative methods and a previously developed …

In order to reveal patterns of ontogenetic change in occlusal shape of evergrowing molars in
arvicolines, an intravital tooth printing method was applied to 20 individuals of Microtus …

The role of glacial refugia in shaping contemporary species distribution is a long‐standing
question in phylogeography and evolutionary ecology. Recent studies are questioning …