Cross-species and assemblage-based approaches to Bergmann's rule and the biogeography of body size in Plethodon salamanders of eastern North America

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 362-368

  Olalla Tárraga, Miguel Á ^a   Bini, Luis M ^b   Diniz Filho, José A F ^b   Rodríguez, Miguel Á ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BERGMANN RULE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BODY SIZE; ENDOTHERMY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

NORTH AMERICA;

PLETHODON; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 78651233874     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06244.x     Document Type: Article

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