Climate history, human impacts and global body size of Carnivora (Mammalia: Eutheria) at multiple evolutionary scales

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2222-2236

  Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola ^a   Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel ^b   Bini, Luis Mauricio ^a   Olalla Tarraga, Miguel Ángel ^c   Cardillo, Marcel ^c,d   Nabout, João Carlos ^a   Hortal, Joaquín ^c   Hawkins, Bradford A ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic effects; Bergmann's rule; Body size; Carnivora; Climate; Cope's rule; Human footprint; Phylogenetic effects; Phylogenetic eigenvector regression

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; COLONIZATION; EIGENVALUE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MACROECOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYLOGENETICS; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70449854960     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02163.x     Document Type: Article

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