Bergmann's rule and body size in mammals

American Naturalist

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 821-825

  Freckleton, Robert P ^a,b   Harvey, Paul H ^a   Pagel, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; NOTE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0038781670     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374346     Document Type: Note

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