The island rule explains consistent patterns of body size evolution in terrestrial vertebrates

A Benítez-López, L Santini… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Island faunas can be characterized by gigantism in small animals and dwarfism in large
animals, but the extent to which this so-called 'island rule'provides a general explanation for …

Do amphibians follow Bergmann's rule?

KG Ashton - canadian Journal of Zoology, 2002 - cdnsciencepub.com
Il n'est pas clairement établi que la règle de Bergmann, taille plus grande des individus
d'une espèce dans les zones plus fraîches, s' applique à tous les groupes d'ectothermes …

Post-Messinian evolutionary relationships across the Sicilian channel: mitochondrial and nuclear markers link a new green toad from Sicily to African relatives

M Stöck, A Sicilia, NM Belfiore, D Buckley… - BMC evolutionary …, 2008 - Springer
Background Little attention has been paid to the consequences of the last landbridge
between Africa and Sicily on Mediterranean biogeography. Previous paleontological and …

Variation in body size and sexual dimorphism across geographical and environmental space in the frogs Limnodynastes tasmaniensis and L. peronii

CS SCHÄUBLE - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2004 - academic.oup.com
This study aimed to identify potential factors responsible for geographically structured
morphological variation within the widespread Australian frogs Limnodynastes tasmaniensis …

Bergmann's rule in amphibians: combining demographic and ecological parameters to explain body size variation among populations in the common toad Bufo bufo

D Cvetković, N Tomašević, GF Ficetola… - Journal of Zoological …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐scale patterns of body size variation are described by well‐known generalizations
such as Bergmann's rule; the generality and underlying causes of these patterns have been …

Influence of hydrofluoric acid leaching and roasting on mineralogical phase transformation of pyrite in sulfidic mine tailings

B Koohestani, AK Darban, P Mokhtari, E Darezereshki… - Minerals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Under the oxidative roasting process, pyrite, as a major mineral in sulfidic mine tailings, can
transform to iron oxides. Generated iron oxides, if exhibiting enough magnetic properties …

Stabilizing and directional female choice for male calls in the European green toad

S Castellano, C Giacoma - Animal Behaviour, 1998 - Elsevier
We analysed variation in three temporal (pulse rate, call and intercall duration) and one
spectral (fundamental frequency) acoustic properties of the green toad's, Bufo viridis …

Proximate mechanisms determining size variability in natterjack toads

U Sinsch, F Marangoni, N Oromi, C Leskovar… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In the toad Bufo calamita, among‐population variation of size follows roughly a converse
Bergmann cline, but populations exist that do not fit this pattern. We propose that latitudinal …

Body size variation and sexual size dimorphism across climatic gradients in the widespread treefrog Scinax fuscovarius (Anura, Hylidae)

J Goldberg, D Cardozo, F Brusquetti… - Austral …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Variation in body size represents one of the crucial raw materials for evolution. However, at
present, it is still being debated what is the main factor affecting body size or if the final body …

Morphological diversification of Mediterranean anurans: The roles of evolutionary history and climate

H Martínez-Gil, F Martínez-Freiría… - Biological Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Investigation of the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms governing the origin and
diversification of species requires integrative approaches that often have to accommodate …