Conformation to bergmann's rule in white-tailed deer can be explained by food availability

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 403-417

  Wolverton, Steve ^a   Huston, Michael A ^b   Kennedy, James H ^a   Cagle, Kevin ^c   Cornelius, John D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Natural Resources Branch Fort Hood   (United States)

^d Orion Research and Management Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN RULE; BODY SIZE; DATA SET; DEER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HOLOCENE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; VOLUME;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 77649284265     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-162.2.403     Document Type: Article

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