Global warming, Bergmann's rule and body size in the masked shrew Sorex cinereus Kerr in Alaska

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 803-808

  Yom Tov, Yoram ^a,b   Yom Tov, Jonathan ^b  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alaska; Bergmann's rule; global warming; shrews; Sorex

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN RULE; BODY SIZE; FOOD SUPPLY; GLOBAL WARMING; INSECTIVORE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SMALL MAMMAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SOREX CINEREUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 33745096079     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00976.x     Document Type: Article

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