Global warming and Bergmann's rule: Do central European passerines adjust their body size to rising temperatures?

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 247-260

  Salewski, Volker ^a   Hochachka, Wesley M ^b   Fiedler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Global warming; Microevolution; Morphology; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BERGMANN RULE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FEATHER; GENETIC VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; EUROPE; FEATHER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EUROPE; FEATHERS; GLOBAL WARMING; PASSERIFORMES; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

GERMANY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 77949772830     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1446-2     Document Type: Article

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