As stated by the island rule, small mammals evolve toward gigantism on islands. In addition
they are known to evolve faster than their mainland counterparts. Body size in island …

Aim This paper examines body size variation in both recent and Quaternary populations of
the Japanese field mouse Apodemus argenteus in order to assess the relative effects on …

The island rule is a hypothesis whereby small mammals evolve larger size on islands while
large insular mammals dwarf. The rule is believed to emanate from small mammals growing …

Island mammals often display remarkable evolutionary changes in size and morphology.
Both theory and empirical data support the hypothesis that island mammals evolve at faster …

Aim We investigated the hypothesis that the insular body size of mammals results from
selective forces whose influence varies with characteristics of the focal islands and the focal …

The tempo and mode of body size evolution on islands are believed to be well known. It is
thought that body size evolves relatively quickly on islands toward the mammalian modal …

Aim We assessed the generality of the island rule in a database comprising 1593
populations of insular mammals (439 species, including 63 species of fossil mammals), and …

The island rule is the phenomenon of the miniaturization of large animals and the gigantism
of small animals on islands, with mammals providing the classic case studies. Several …

Dramatic evolutionary changes occur in species isolated on islands, but it is not known if the
rate of evolution is accelerated on islands relative to the mainland. Based on an extensive …

The island rule states that after island colonization, larger animals tend to evolve reduced
body sizes and smaller animals increased sizes. Recently, there has been disagreement …