Latitudinal variation in the shape of the species body size distribution: An analysis using freshwater fishes

Oecologia

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 408-417

  Knouft, Jason H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Latitudinal variation; North America; Skewness

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; LINEAR MODELS; NORTH AMERICA; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

PISCES;

EID: 4544227568     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1510-x     Document Type: Article

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