The island rule in large mammals: Paleontology meets ecology

Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1731-1742

  Raia, Pasquale ^a   Meiri, Shai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Character displacement; Competition; Island rule; Predation; Resource base; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; FITNESS; ISLAND; MAMMAL; MORTALITY RISK; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PREDATION; RESOURCE USE; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MAMMALS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33750592180     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1554/05-664.1     Document Type: Article

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