Geographic and temporal correlations of mammalian size reconsidered: A resource rule

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-23

  McNab, Brian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Character displacement; Cope's rule; Dehnel's phenomenon; Desert existence; Island rule; Primary production; Resource abundance

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN RULE; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; DESERT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAINFALL; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAMMAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMALS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77955770475     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1621-5     Document Type: Review

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