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Bergmann’s rule in skull size and shape of wild vs. captive fascicularis-group macaques

Arenson, Julia; Anderson, Monya; Eller, Andrea; Simons, Evan; White, Frances; Frost, Stephen (University of Oregon, 2015)

Bergmann’s rule predicts that body size increases with latitude as colder temperatures favor larger bodies. This pattern has been noted in the majority of wild mammal species, including macaques. Wild fasicularis-group ...
Climate and Ecological Change in Oligo-Miocene Mammals

Orcutt, John D. (University of Oregon, 2011-12)

Whether or not a causal relationship exists between climate and mammal body size is one of the longest-standing and most intractable questions in ecology. The classic model of body size evolution (Bergmann's Rule) holds ...