Insular carnivore biogeography: Island area and mammalian optimal body size

American Naturalist

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 505-514

  Meiri, Shai ^a   Simberloff, Daniel ^b   Dayan, Tamar ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivora; Island area; Islands; Optimal body size

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 17044372822     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428297     Document Type: Article

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