Bergmann's rule and the mammal fauna of northern North America

Ecography

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 715-724

  Blackburn, Tim M ^a   Hawkins, Bradford A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN RULE; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAMMAL; SPATIAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11144310605     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2004.03999.x     Document Type: Article

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