The evolution of body size under environmental gradients in ectotherms: why should Bergmann's rule apply to lizards?

BACKGROUND: The impact of environmental gradients on the evolution of life history traits is a central issue in macroecology and evolutionary biology. A number of hypotheses have been formulated to explain factors shaping patterns of variation in animal mass. One such example is Bergmann's rule...

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Autores principales: Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel, Hodgson, David J, Tregenza, Tom
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2268677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18304333
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-68

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2268677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18304333
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-68

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