Bergmann size clines: A simple explanation for their occurrence in ectotherms

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1259-1264

  Van Voorhies, Wayne A ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Bergmann size cline; Bergmann's Rule; body size; Caenorhaditis elegans; cell size; temperature

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN'S RULE; ECTOTHERM;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0029661320     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb02366.x     Document Type: Article

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