Latitudinal cline in weapon allometry and phenology of the European stag beetle
Animal body size commonly exhibits a remarkable variation in response to environmental conditions. Latitude, when correlated with temperature, rainfall and seasonality, represents one of the main determinants of variation in body size, as well as in allometry. It has long been reco...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2017-07-01
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Series: | Nature Conservation |
Online Access: | https://natureconservation.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=12681 |