Ecological specialization in fossil mammals explains Cope's rule

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 328-337

  Raia, P ^a   Carotenuto, F ^a   Passaro, F ^a   Fulgione, D ^a   Fortelius, M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Body size; Cope's rule; Ecological specialization; Mammals; Range size

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CENOZOIC; COOLING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; NATURAL SELECTION; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; FOSSILS; GENETIC SPECIATION; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84857022675     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/664081     Document Type: Article

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