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The ‘island rule’ postulates that on islands large continental animals become smaller, and small continental animals become larger. Its generality has been supported by some studies but contested by others.… Click to show full abstract
The ‘island rule’ postulates that on islands large continental animals become smaller, and small continental animals become larger. Its generality has been supported by some studies but contested by others. Bats are cosmopolitan and speciose mammals thus are ideal to test ecogeographic patterns. Based on three functionally distinct measures of body size, I compare mainland and island variation in bats at the order to subspecies level.
Keywords:
island rule;
functionally distinct;
distinct measures;
measures body;
body size;
island
Journal Title: Journal of Biogeography
Year Published: 2023
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Journal Title: Journal of Biogeography
Year Published: 2023
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