Do amphibians follow Bergmann's rule?

By K. Ashton. 2002

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change

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Large‐scale intraspecific variation in life‐history traits of European freshwater fish (2006, background): “Different taxonomic groups conform to Bergmann’s rule: mammals (Ashton et al., 2000), amphibians (Ashton, 2002a; Morrison & Hero, 2003), birds (Ashton, 2002b) and reptiles (Ashton & Feldman, 2003; Anguilletta et al., 2004).”
Bergmann and Converse Bergmann Latitudinal Clines in Arthropods: Two Ends of a Continuum?1 (2004, background): “However, evidence for birds and mammals is inconsistent, so the generality of this supposed cause, and in fact Bergmann’s rule itself, continues to be contended (Geist, 1987, 1990; Paterson, 1990; Blackburn et al., 1999; Ashton et al., 2000; Ashton, 2002a).”
The island rule and a research agenda for studying ecogeographical patterns (2006, background): “a 2006 The Authors www.blackwellpublishing.com/jbi 1503 Journal compilation a 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01593.x (Gaston et al., 1998), as well as other studies confirming the generality of these patterns (in mammals: Ashton et al., 2000; Meiri & Dayan, 2003; Meiri et”
The Temperature‐Size Rule in Ectotherms: Simple Evolutionary Explanations May Not Be General (2003, methodology): “This pattern even holds when altitude or latitude is used as a proxy for environmental temperature (James 1970; Ashton et al. 2000; Ashton 2002a, 2002b; Ashton and Feldman 2003).”
Why polar gigantism and Palaeozoic gigantism are not equivalent: effects of oxygen and temperature on the body size of ectotherms (2013, background): “While notable exceptions exist to both patterns (see e.g. Ashton 2002; Berke et al. 2013), the pattern of increases in body size with cool conditions seems especially strong in aquatic ectotherms, both across species (Daufresne, Lengfellner & Sommer 2009) and within species (Forster, Hirst &…”
On the validity of Bergmann's rule (2003, background): “This null hypothesis is a conservative one, as most species with a very restricted geographic range are unlikely to show any geographic variation in body size (Ashton et al., 2000), as are species that were studied in only a small part of their geographical range. For this reason, however, geographi”
Do common frogs (Rana temporaria) follow Bergmann's rule? (2005, unknown): “…has been questioned, as many ecto-therms have been found to follow the converse to Bergmann’s rule (decreasing body size with cooler climate) (Park, 1949; Lindsey, 1966; Masaki, 1967; Mousseau and Roff, 1989; Blanckenhorn and Fairbairn, 1995; Mousseau, 1997; Ashton, 2002b; Belk and Houston, 2002) .”
Species‐energy relationships at the macroecological scale: a review of the mechanisms (2005, background): “…taxa reduce body size in highenergy areas, a corollary of Bergman’s rule ( James, 1970), which has been demonstrated in ants (Cushman, Lawton & Manly, 1993), amphibians (Ashton, 2002a), birds (Ashton, 2002b ; Meiri & Dayan, 2003) and mammals (Freckleton, Harvey & Pagel, 2003; Meiri & Dayan, 2003).”
Subterranean rodents of the genus Ctenomys (Caviomorpha, Ctenomyidae) follow the converse to Bergmann's rule (2007, background): “Intraspecific Bergmannian trends also occur in vertebrate and invertebrate ectotherms (Ray, 1960; Atkinson, 1994; Atkinson & Sibly, 1997; Ashton, 2002a; Ashton & Feldman, 2003; Blanckenhorn & Demont, 2004; Bidau & Martı́, in press).”
The geography of body size - challenges of the interspecific approach (2007, background): “Bergmann’s rule was found to hold within the majority of endotherm species (Ashton et al. , 2000, Meiri & Dayan, 2003), although in ectotherm species, patterns seem more complex (e.g. Atkinson, 1994, Ashton, 2002, Ashton & Feldman, 2003).”
Fecundity Selection and the Evolution of Reproductive Output and Sex-Specific Body Size in the Liolaemus Lizard Adaptive Radiation (2011, methodology): “Given that decreasing environmental temperature results from the combined effect of increasing latitude and elevation (Lutgens and Tarbuck 1998; Ashton 2002; Cruz et al. 2005; Pincheira-Donoso et al. 2008a), we combined both geographical parameters into a single variable, the adjusted latitudinal mi”