Bergmann's rule and the geography of mammal body size in the Western Hemisphere

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 274-283

  Rodríguez, Miguel Á ^a   Olalla Tárraga, Miguel Á ^a   Hawkins, Bradford A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Climatic gradients; Habitat zonation; Heat tolerance; Macroecology; New World mammals

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT TYPE; MACROECOLOGY; MAMMAL; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; VEGETATION INDEX;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 39049109332     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00363.x     Document Type: Article

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