Altitudinal body size clines: Latitudinal effects associated with changing seasonality

Ecography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 445-455

  Chown, Steven L ^a   Jaco Klok, C ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BERGMANN RULE; BODY SIZE; CLINE; GENERATION TIME; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEASONALITY;

HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN;

CURCULIONIDAE;

EID: 0141462748     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2003.03479.x     Document Type: Article

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