Is Bergmann’s Rule Valid for Mammals?

By K. Ashton, M. C. Tracy, A. Queiroz. American Naturalist, 2000

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Genetics

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Bergmann's rule and the mammal fauna of northern North America (2004, background): “Freckleton et al. (2003) showed that the intra-specific pattern was stronger within large- than small-bodied mammal species (see also Ashton et al. 2000, Meiri and Dayan 2003, Ochocinska and Taylor 2003); we perform the parallel test for the interspecific pattern.”
Do amphibians follow Bergmann's rule? (2002, methodology): “See Ashton et al. (2000) for a more detailed justification for using this technique.”
The meaning of Neandertal skeletal morphology (2009, unknown): “In recent humans (65– 67), as in other endothermic species (73, 74), body proportions like those of Neandertals are characteristic of individuals with ancestry in cold climates.”
Subterranean rodents of the genus Ctenomys (Caviomorpha, Ctenomyidae) follow the converse to Bergmann's rule (2007, methodology): “However, the few available data suggest there are no major differences in size trends between different lifestyles (Ashton et al., 2000; Meiri & Dayan, 2003), and more studies are needed in this respect.”
On the validity of Bergmann's rule (2003, background): “We also ask whether there is a different tendency for birds within different size categories to conform to Bergmann’s rule, as has been suggested for mammals (Mayr, 1956; Searcy, 1980; Calder, 1984; Steudel et al., 1994; Ashton et al., 2000).”
Do common frogs (Rana temporaria) follow Bergmann's rule? (2005, unknown): “Evidence supporting Bergmann’s rule in endothermic animals is overwhelming (e.g. Ashton, 2002a; Ashton et al., 2000; Freckleton et al., 2003; Meiri and Dayan, 2003), although the mechanisms underlying the observed patterns remain contentious (e.”
Bergmann and Converse Bergmann Latitudinal Clines in Arthropods: Two Ends of a Continuum?1 (2004, background): “Starting with Bergmann in the mid 19th century, a number of ecological and evolutionary patterns or ‘‘rules’’ dealing with body size have been described over the years, the most prominent being Bergmann’s rule (Bergmann, 1847; Atkinson and Sibly, 1997; Ashton et al., 2000; Ashton, 2002a, b, 2004, As”
Mammalian Response to Cenozoic Climatic Change (2009, background): “For example, many studies infer the direct selective pressure of temperature on body size due to physiology, often resulting in a pattern known as Bergmann’s Rule (e.g., Ashton et al. 2000).”
Broad‐scale patterns of body size in squamate reptiles of Europe and North America (2006, background): “…1955; McNab, 1971; Geist, 1987), both the intraspecific and interspecific versions of Bergmann’s rule have received broad support in mammals (Ashton et al., 2000; Meiri & Dayan, 2003; Blackburn & Hawkins, 2004; Rodrı́guez et al., 2006) and birds (James, 1970; Cousins, 1989; Blackburn &…”
The Temperature‐Size Rule in Ectotherms: Simple Evolutionary Explanations May Not Be General (2003, methodology): “In fact, Atkinson (1994, 1995) confined his reviews of the effect of temperature on body size to the range of temperatures in which growth rate increased with increasing temperature.”