The geography of body size - Challenges of the interspecific approach

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 689-693

  Meiri, Shai ^a   Thomas, Gavin H ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Body size; Climate; Community assembly; Geographical variation; Species richness; Taxon replacement

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; BERGMANN RULE; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 35348998082     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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