Patterns of within-species body size variation of birds: strong evidence for Bergmann's rule

By K. Ashton. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Adaptive geographical clines in the growth and defense of a native plant (2012, background): “In birds, for example, there are within-species latitudinal patterns in body size (i.e., Bergman’s rule; larger sizes at higher latitudes) (Ashton 2002) and this pattern has been reﬂected in analyses of phenotypic changes associated with climate (Van Buskirk et al. 2010).”
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).”
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).”
Growing in Cities: An Urban Penalty for Wild Birds? A Study of Phenotypic Differences between Urban and Rural Great Tit Chicks (Parus major) (2017, unknown): “…bias, our result is supported by the Bergman’s rule (i.e., selection of larger body size as temperature decreases, and thus as latitude increases, Ashton, 2002) and by previous studies that have also reported an increase in body size as latitude increases in this species (Snow, 1954; Encabo et…”
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) .”
Phylogenetic signal and linear regression on species data (2010, background): “This is, in fact, commonly done (e.g. Ashton 2002; Gustafsson & Lindenfors 2004; Rezende, Bozinovic & Garland 2004; Muñoz-Garcia & Williams 2005; Collen et al. 2006; Ebensperger & Blumstein 2006; Ezenwa et al. 2006; Duminil et al. 2007; Hendrixson, Sterner & Kay 2007; John- son, Isaac & Fisher…”
Ecogeographical rules: elements of a synthesis (2008, background): “…frequency of increases in body size with latitude and/or temperature, decreases with latitude and/or temperature, and an absence of any simple pattern (e.g. McNab, 1971; Chown & Gaston, 1999; Ashton et al., 2000; Ashton, 2002; Meiri & Dayan, 2003; Blanckenhorn & Demont, 2004; Meiri et al., 2004a).”
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).”
Regulation of animal size by eNPP, Bergmann's rule, and related phenomena (2011, background): “However, many groups of poikilotherms, which are not subject to the heat-conservation mechanisms underlying Bergmann’s rule, also show the same pattern of increasing body size with latitude (Ray 1960, Lindsey 1966, Atkinson 1994, Ashton 2002, Ashton and Feldman 2003).”
Avian body size changes and climate change: warming or increasing variability? (2012, methodology): “The rule has also been used to explain within-species variation in body mass (Ashton, 2002).”
Bergmann's rule in mammals: a cross-species interspecific pattern (2013, unknown): “…the decision on whether Bergmann ’ s rule applied or not is thus usually based on the number of species in which the pattern can be demonstrated intra-speciﬁ cally (James 1970, Ashton et al. 2000, Ashton 2002, Meiri and Dayan 2003, de Queiroz and Ashton 2004, Meiri et al. 2004, Watt et al. 2010).”
The Temperature‐Size Rule in Ectotherms: Simple Evolutionary Explanations May Not Be General (2003, background): “…analyses confirmed the existence of Bergmann’s rule in mammals (Ashton et al. 2000), and similar relationships between environmental temperature and body size were established for birds and some ectotherms (reviewed by Ashton 2001; also see Ashton 2002a, 2002b; Ashton and Feldman, 2003).”
Broad‐scale patterns of body size in squamate reptiles of Europe and North America (2006, background): “…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 & Gaston, 1996; Ashton, 2002; Meiri & Dayan, 2003).”