Are ecological and evolutionary rules being dismissed prematurely?

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 289-295

  Ashton, Kyle G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Cope's rule; Ecological rules; Evolutionary rules; Rapoport's rule; Species diversity gradient

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN RULE; BODY SIZE; COPE RULE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; RAPOPORT RULE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0035159512     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1366-9516.2001.00115.x     Document Type: Review

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