Directionality theory and the evolution of body size

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1460, 2000, Pages 2385-2391

  Demetrius, L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bergmann size clines; Cope's rule; Evolutionary entropy; The island rule

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ENTROPY; EVOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOMETRICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034619874     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1295     Document Type: Article

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