The 'island rule' in birds: Medium body size and its ecological explanation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1498, 2002, Pages 1359-1365

  Clegg, Sonya M ^a   Owens, Ian P F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bill size; Birds; Body size; Ecology; Evolution; Islands

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; ISLAND;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; FEEDING; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BEAK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEAK; BIRDS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037036507     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2024     Document Type: Article

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