Multiple selection pressures generate adherence to Bergmann's rule in a Neotropical migratory songbird

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1827-1833

  Jones, Jason ^a,e   Gibb, Christine E ^e   Millard, Susanne C ^e   Barg, Jennifer J ^b   Katharine Girvan, M ^c   Lisa Veit, M ^d   Friesen, Vicki L ^e   Robertson, Raleigh J ^e  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Upper Valley Humane Society   (United States)

^c Norval Outdoor School   (Canada)

^d Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals   (Canada)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Body size; Cerulean warbler; Clinal variation; Dendroica cerulea; Ecomorphology; Latitudinal gradient

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN RULE; BODY SIZE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SONGBIRD; THERMODYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA;

DENDROICA CERULEA; PASSERI;

EID: 33645429611     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01320.x     Document Type: Article

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