Of mice and mammoths: Generality and antiquity of the island rule

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1427-1439

  Lomolino, Mark V ^a   Van der Geer, Alexandra A ^b   Lyras, George A ^b   Palombo, Maria Rita ^c   Sax, Dov F ^d   Rozzi, Roberto ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Dwarfism; Evolution; Fossils; Gigantism; Island rule; Islands; Mammals

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATABASE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INSECTIVORE; MAMMOTH; MUSEUM; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84880507945     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12096     Document Type: Article

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