Why do Anatolian ground squirrels exhibit a Bergmannian size pattern? A phylogenetic comparative analysis of geographic variation in body size

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 695-710

  Gür, Hakan ^a  

^a AHI EVRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Ecogeographic rules; Evolution; Hibernation; Marmotine squirrels; Phylogenetic generalized least squares; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN RULE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HIBERNATION; PHYLOGENETICS; RODENT; SUBSPECIES;

ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS XANTHOPRYMNUS;

EID: 77954375642     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01447.x     Document Type: Article

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