Bergmann's rule (BR) is the classic ecogeographic principle that relates the body size of
endotherms with environmental temperature (or latitude). The currently available data …

Pioneering deep-sea surveys established that the fauna of the continental margins is zoned
in the sense that individual species and assemblages occupy restricted depth bands. It has …

The functional diversity index has shown that the functional diversity of the macrobenthic
community increased along a spatial gradient of distance from the Po river delta (Emilia …

Body size trends across environmental gradients are widely reported but poorly understood.
Here, we investigate contrasting relationships between size (body mass) and depth in the …

The modern structure of marine benthic ecosystems was largely established during the
Jurassic and Early Cretaceous (200–100 Ma), a transition that has been termed the …

Aim Our goal is to test the generality of the island rule–a graded trend from gigantism in
small‐bodied species to dwarfism in large‐bodied species–in the deep sea, a non‐insular …

The demographic characteristics of the solitary zooxanthellate scleractinian Balanophyllia
europaea, endemic to the Mediterranean, were determined in six populations, on a …

Understanding patterns of body size variation is a fundamental goal in ecology, but although
well studied in the terrestrial biota, little is known about broad-scale latitudinal trends of body …

The common whelk Buccinum undatum is widely distributed around the coast of the United
Kingdom, and supports valuable fisheries in many areas around the English coast. A …

The environmental transformations that occurred during the Neogene had profound effects
on spatiotemporal biodiversity patterns, yet the modulating role of traits (ie, physiological …