"Nullius in Bergmann" or the pluralistic approach to ecogeographical rules: A reply to Watt et al. (2010)

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1441-1444

  Olalla Tárraga, Miguel Á ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN RULE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BODY SIZE; ECTOTHERMY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENDOTHERMY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEAT BUDGET;

EID: 80053050533     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19319.x     Document Type: Article

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