Declining body size: A third universal response to warming?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 285-291

  Gardner, Janet L ^a   Peters, Anne ^b,c   Kearney, Michael R ^d   Joseph, Leo ^e   Heinsohn, Robert ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGETICS; HETEROGENEITY; MUSEUM; PHYLOGENETICS; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLOBAL WARMING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79956058649     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.03.005     Document Type: Review

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