The evolution of mammal body sizes: Responses to Cenozoic climate change in North American mammals

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1317-1329

  Lovegrove, B G ^a   Mowoe, M O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bergmann's Rule; Body size; Cellulose digestion; Cenozoic; Climate change; Cope's Rule; Mammals

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BERGMANN RULE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BROWSING; CARNIVORE; CELLULOSE; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE VARIATION; FERMENTATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; MAMMAL; MORPHOTYPE; NEARCTIC REGION; PHYLOGENY; PREY CAPTURE; WOODLAND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

CASTORIDAE; MAMMALIA; MARMOTA;

EID: 84879223813     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12138     Document Type: Article

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