Interspecific pairwise relationships among body size, clutch size and latitude: Deconstructing a macroecological triangle in birds

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-56

  Boyer, Alison G ^a   Cartron, Jean Luc E ^a   Brown, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Bergmann's rule; Birds; Calder's rule; Lack's rule; Macroecology; Positive semidefinite condition

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; DATA SET; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MACROECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

AVES;

EID: 72549103282     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02175.x     Document Type: Article

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