Climate history, human impacts and global body size of Carnivora (Mammalia: Eutheria) at multiple evolutionary scales

Diniz-Filho, Jose Alexandre Felizola; Rodriguez, Miguel Angel; Bini, Luis Mauricio; Olalla-Tarraga, Miguel Angel; Cardillo, Marcel; Nabout, Joao Carlos; Hortal, Joaquin; Hawkins, Bradford A.

Climate history, human impacts and global body size of Carnivora (Mammalia: Eutheria) at multiple evolutionary scales

Date

2009

Authors

Diniz-Filho, Jose Alexandre Felizola

Rodriguez, Miguel Angel

Bini, Luis Mauricio

Olalla-Tarraga, Miguel Angel

Cardillo, Marcel

Nabout, Joao Carlos

Hortal, Joaquin

Hawkins, Bradford A.

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Aim One of the longest recognized patterns in macroecology, Bergmann's rule, describes the tendency for homeothermic animals to have larger body sizes in cooler climates than their phylogenetic relatives in warmer climates. Here we provide an integrative