Relative effects of climate change, isolation and competition on body-size evolution in the Japanese field mouse, Apodemus argenteus

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1267-1276

  Millien, Virginie ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apodemus; Bergmann's rule; Body size evolution; Competition; Hutchinson ratio; Island rule; Japan

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVOLUTION; ISLAND; RODENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS ARGENTEUS; APODEMUS SPECIOSUS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 3543141909     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01119.x     Document Type: Article

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