Environmental influences on spatial and temporal patterns of body-size variation in California ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 602-613

  Blois, Jessica L ^a   Feranec, Robert S ^b   Hadly, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Body size; California ground squirrel; Climate change; Last glacial maximum; North America; Precipitation; Spermophilus beecheyi

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; RODENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI;

EID: 40749135864     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01836.x     Document Type: Article

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