What determines conformity to Bergmann's rule?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 788-794

  Meiri, Shai ^a   Yom Tov, Yoram ^b   Geffen, Eli ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body size; Carnivores; Clines; Food availability; Geographical variation; Latitude; Primary productivity; Rainfall; Range size; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN RULE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; CLINE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LATITUDE; RAINFALL; RANGE SIZE; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; MAMMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 35348921406     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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