Body size of insular carnivores: Evidence from the fossil record

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1007-1021

  Lyras, George A ^a   van der Geer, Alexandra A E ^b   Rook, Lorenzo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body size; Carnivorous mammals; Dwarfism; Evolution; Island biogeography; Island rule; Isolation; Predator prey relationships

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CANID; CARNIVORE; DATA SET; DIET; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FELID; FOSSIL RECORD; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; ISOLATED POPULATION; MUSTELID; PHYLOGENETICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TOOTH;

CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 77954081648     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02312.x     Document Type: Article

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