Patterns of within-species body size variation of birds: Strong evidence for Bergmann's rule

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 505-523

  Ashton, Kyle G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Birds; Body size; Geographical variation; Latitude; Meta analysis; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN RULE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LATITUDE; META-ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MODEL VALIDATION; PHYLOGENETICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AVES;

EID: 0036881088     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2002.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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