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1 June 2011 Altitudinal Variation in the Morphometric Characteristics of Aedes vexans Meigen from Northeastern Turkey
Ozge Kuclu, Adnan Aldemir, Berna Demirci
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Body size is one of the most significant features of organisms and is correlated with a large number of ecological and physiological variables. Similar to size, biological shape is one of the most conspicuous aspects of an organism's phenotype and provides a link between the genotype and the environment. Body size may change with altitude and also habitat differences associated with altitude may affect the biological shape and some morphological characteristics. Four populations of Aedes vexans Meigen occurring in different ecological subregions at altitudes between 808–1,620 m in the Aras Valley from northeastern Turkey were compared using traditional and geometric morphometrics. When the wing shape differences of populations were analyzed by UPGM, the cluster analyses recognized two main groups of populations. Gödekli (808 m) comprised the first group while Zühikar (848 m), Sürmeli (944 m), and Cilehane (1,620 m) populations comprised the second group. In the second group, Zülfikar and Cilehane populations showed a similar grouping pattern while Sürmeli appeared as a different group. Centroid sizes were used as measures of overall wing size differences among different regions. Aedes vexans from the Sürmeli region had relatively larger wings.

Ozge Kuclu, Adnan Aldemir, and Berna Demirci "Altitudinal Variation in the Morphometric Characteristics of Aedes vexans Meigen from Northeastern Turkey," Journal of Vector Ecology 36(1), 30-41, (1 June 2011). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1948-7134.2011.00138.x
Received: 21 May 2010; Accepted: 1 November 2010; Published: 1 June 2011
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KEYWORDS
Aedes vexans Meigen
Aras Valley
geographic variation
geometric morphometrics
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