Bergmann’s Rule and Body Size in Mammals

Previous article No AccessNotes and CommentsBergmann’s Rule and Body Size in MammalsRobert P. Freckleton, Paul H. Harvey, Mark Pagel, and Associate Editor: Jonathan B. LososRobert P. Freckleton*E‐mail: [email protected]. Search for more articles by this author , Paul H. Harvey Search for more articles by this author , Mark Pagel Search for more articles by this author , and Associate Editor: Jonathan B. Losos Search for more articles by this author 1. Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, United Kingdom;2. School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AJ, United KingdomPDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The American Naturalist Volume 161, Number 5May 2003 Published for The American Society of Naturalists Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/374346 Views: 1239Total views on this site Citations: 136Citations are reported from Crossref HistoryReceived January 29, 2002Accepted October 28, 2002Published online May 2, 2003 © 2003 by The University of Chicago.PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Andre Vieira Rodrigues, Laís Aline Grossel, Leonardo Matheus Servino, José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho Habitat Drives Body Size Evolution in Mustelidae (Mammalia: Carnivora), Evolutionary Biology 50, no.22 (Jan 2023): 197–205.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11692-023-09597-1Guilherme Siniciato Terra Garbino, Daphne Chiara Antônio, Valéria da Cunha Tavares Seasonality rather than average temperature explains body size variation in a Neotropical fruit‐eating bat, Austral Ecology 48, no.33 (Jan 2023): 552–562.https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13282T. 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