Bergmann's Rule - what's in a name?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 203-207

  Meiri, Shai ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Assemblage level; Bergmann's Rule; Interspecific; Intraspecific; Latitude; Pattern; Process; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650059538     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00577.x     Document Type: Letter

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